Motivational Quote by Daniel Abraham

“In comparison with all this, our little stories of achievement seem pitiful; Too well we know what bitterness of failure, loss, disillusionment, and ironic…

— Joseph Campbell

“And yet, and yet. This place exerts an elemental pull on me. There is no end of fascinations. People talk all the time, calling…

— Teju Cole

“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather…

— Barbara Pym

“I despise my own past and that of others. I despise resignation, patience, professional heroism and all the obligatory sentiments. I also despise the…

— René Magritte

“There must surely be much more to be said than the mere recounting of an incident: about the loves and hates of my people;…

— Es'kia Mphahlele

“It is very easy to criticize others but far more difficult to put one’s own principles into practice, and it is when one forgets…

— Murasaki Shikibu

“And the lesson here is that people are unlikeable. They have the irritating habit of believing they are as important as you are to…

— Daniel Nayeri

“Nevertheless, let no one boast. Just as every man, though he be the greatest genius, has very definite limitations in some one sphere of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“This world may be full of greed and tragedy and darkness, but I am fortunate beyond measure to have such people about me.”

— John Gwynne

“The world is a cruel place sometimes, and warm-hearted people do most of the good in it. And much of the time, they're mocked…

— Philip Pullman

“Everyone has it's own great triumph, has he own story with sadness, madness and reverses. That's how we are build, few are the people…

— Deyth Banger

“For once you yourself cease to take pleasure in the common enjoyments of life, you hate the normal man who is so much more…

— J.P.V.D. Balsdon