Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to… — Brendan Behan Copy Share Image
“For most people, generosity consists only in giving, and yet receiving is also an act of love. Allowing someone else to make… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There are moments in life where it gets so hectic that time becomes a blur. Keep calm and never give up. — John Cena Copy Share Image
Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical… — Marco Arment Copy Share Image
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Allah will intervene into our emotional states. He can give you tranquillity again; whether it's anxiety, fear, grief, anger - whatever emotion,… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. No need… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
So to overcome the problems of personality the best thing is to witness, practice witnessing everything: before talking, practice witnessing, before giving… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Bolivia also depends not only on tin and other minerals, but also depends on the gas and oil. A rational extraction should… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free – free over untouched snow country. To be bound to one… — Hans Gmoser Copy Share Image
You don't learn knife skills at cooking school, because they give you only six onions and no matter how hard you focus… — Bill Buford Copy Share Image
Lady of silences Calm and distressed Torn and most whole Rose of memory Rose of forgetfulness Exhausted and life-giving Worried reposeful The… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Do not fear or misunderstand when the Government say they are looking to our defences. I give you my word that there… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds… — Olara Otunnu Copy Share Image
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt, — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
Independent bread gives independent morals: - while pecuniary dependence makes moral subserviency; - So get money - get wealth — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Thanks, Dad," she whispered in his ear. Then recovering her composure, she knelt before him and said, "I give thanks, my Father.… — Stuart Hill Copy Share Image
Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
When you want your body to perform at a high level, it's important to make sure you are giving your body quality… — Travis Browne Copy Share Image
Especially when you are advertising a product, I talk to the photographer and we create a character - it always gives you… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The best thing you can give to a child is to create an environment where the child can develop an independent mind… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job. — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up! — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I always give money to a sidewalk con if the story is a good one, even if I don't believe a word… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
The only way Hinduism can convert the whole world to cow-protection is by giving an object-lesson in cow-protection and all it means. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Respectable men and women content with the good and easy living are missing some of the most important things in life. Unless… — William P. Merrill Copy Share Image
Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollarSpend it fast as I can for a wailin' song and a good… — Hoyt Axton Copy Share Image
To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
