"If a young aspirant had a modicum of……" — James A. Michener
"If a young aspirant had a modicum of skill and a busy typewriter she or he would sooner or later get a foothold in one of the magazines and a leaping start on the ladder upward."
More Aspirant Quotes
- Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. It reveals. It reveals to the aspirant that matter and spirit are one, quantity… — Sri Chinmoy
- It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it… — Bhakti Tirtha Swami
- Each aspirant has to be a divine soldier. He must consciously and constantly use his divine energy to drill himself… — Sri Chinmoy
- The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. — H. L. Mencken
- A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he… — Ramakrishna
- I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru. — Mahatma Gandhi
- I am old, yet I look at wise men and see that I am very young. I look over those… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The ego will always be able to find ways to keep the aspirant busy in self-improvement, thus binding him or… — Paul Brunton
- We should forgive and forget the faults of others. Anger is the enemy of every spiritual aspirant. Anger causes loss… — Mata Amritanandamayi
- In art there are two principal schools between which each aspirant has to choose--one distinguished by its close adherence to… — Christian Nestell Bovee
- I've never quite been a peer of Donald [Trump]. When I knew him it was more in a social way.… — Geraldo Rivera
- I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S.… — George McGovern