"I did not want to be depressed by……" — Ella Maillart
"I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition."
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42 Quotes by Ella Maillart
Ella Maillart has 42 quotes on this site.
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Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of…
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Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am…
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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a…
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this…
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It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that…
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Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice…
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The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.
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You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full…
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Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with…
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From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and…
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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to…
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The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you…
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
— Saint Augustine
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
— Paul Auster
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
— Sai Baba
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
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