Famous quotes by Authors

"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke!"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Action is character"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"A big man has no time, really to do anything but just sit and be big"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You can stroke people with words"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity"

Og Mandino, Author

Og Mandino

"Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"You can't hire someone to practice for you"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Luck marches with those who give their very best"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow"

Alice Walker, Author

Alice Walker

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers' names"

Alice Walker, Author

Alice Walker

"Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself"

Alice Walker, Author

Alice Walker

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it"

Alice Walker, Author

Alice Walker

"Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?"

Alice Walker, Author

Alice Walker

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