I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
It must be a peace without victory...Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
It is now an accepted fact that the expression of emotion through painting... is a source of deep psychological satisfaction... It is… — Mervyn Levy Copy Share Image
The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain… — Hasan of Basra Copy Share Image
I might take from the current political chaos a desire to somehow reflect its essential qualities in a story - the blatant… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty. — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
I hadn't accepted he was seriously ill. The idea that someone so close to you couldn't wake up was utterly incomprehensible. Then… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I was not offended, my love. An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. And pride is too… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
My single greatest challenge is to remain centered and loving in an overwhelmingly nonvegan world. In today's world, cruelty and exploitation of… — Michael Klaper Copy Share Image
Being accepted by the world is the worst thing that can happen to the Church. — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
... Tal accepted absolutely all the world champion's conditions with a smile, taking away a very important psychological trump card from him… — Gennadi Sosonko Copy Share Image
However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
Allowing another to be as they are is more what I think of as "space." The space to express yourself and know… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces… — David Sarnoff Copy Share Image
They meant abnormal. Divisions of the kind were fashionable at that time, and it was so easy to stifle one's need to… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character, not for comedy, not for a philosophic view of life, but for… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
