The worst thing that ever happened to writing is that it became a business, The purpose of business is to make money,… — Dagobert D. Runes Copy Share Image
Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
My biggest thing is telling a truthful story, something that is rooted in something and is very honest. If I read a… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
The Lord has done what I wanted Him to do this week. I wanted, primarily, peace about going into pioneer Indian work.… — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
I literally wrote a book on it called Your Roadmap For Success. And in it I said success is three things: knowing… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“To own something and not be aware of it could not only be annoying, but fatal too. That is why most people… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The Bible defines almost nothing because it isn't a book for scholars and philosophers or free thinkers. It's a book for people… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Law 10: Embrace your quest. Extraordinary minds are motivated by a quest or calling—a drive to create some positive change in the… — Vishen Lakhiani Copy Share Image
The purpose of all opprobrious language is, not to describe, but to hurt - even when, like Hamlet, we make only the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There… — Marla Gibbs Copy Share Image
Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I believe I saw a woodcock. He had a long bill like putting a fire hydrant into a pencil sharpener, then pasting… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
“The shortest route between where I’m at and where I want to go is a straight line. However, if where I want… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Life and Abundance (The Sonnet) A person to take refuge in, a purpose to be driven by, that's all you need to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Don't be led away to think this part of the world important and that unimportant. Every corner of the world is important.… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, nobody drops a catch on purpose, and even the fielder gets frustrated. As a bowler, when… — Mohammad Amir Copy Share Image
The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
We too often satisfy ourselves with the perishable things of time, forgetting the opportunities we have of developing within us the great,… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. The surest way to end them… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
Not the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind of the purpose for which the Count had left the theatre. His escape… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
To me, leadership is about first defining purpose. Why does a company exist and what problem does it solve for customers? How… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
Anyone that I've ever worked with, it's not like I just meet you or someone throws us together for the sole purpose… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
Though the parallel is not complete, it is safe to say that science will never touch them unaided by its practical applications.… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
We have to have a commonality and purpose. We have to understand that each of us is dependent on the success of… — Rick Welts Copy Share Image
Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
“A drop of rain knows not where it lands after it is born from the cloud. It will then either remain in… — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
Our principles were revolutionary. We began as a small, weak republic. But we survived. Our example inspired others, imperfectly at times, but… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Familiarity with holy things can often engender blindness, and churches are, for all their merits, institutions that embody, perhaps more than most,… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The purpose of seasonal festivals is periodically to revive the topocosm. Gaster coined this word from the Greek - topo for place… — Dolores LaChapelle Copy Share Image
No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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