Famous quotes by Authors

"There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief"

Evelyn Waugh, Author

Evelyn Waugh

"The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up"

Evelyn Waugh, Author

Evelyn Waugh

"Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases"

Evelyn Waugh, Author

Evelyn Waugh

"Science has done more for the development of Western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years"

John Burroughs, Author

"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service"

John Burroughs, Author

"One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then"

John Burroughs, Author

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see"

John Burroughs, Author

"It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative"

John Burroughs, Author

"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy"

John Burroughs, Author

"A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to, and did"

John Burroughs, Author

"I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral"

John Burroughs, Author

"Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him"

John Burroughs, Author

"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another"

John Burroughs, Author

"To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday"

John Burroughs, Author

"The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind"

John Burroughs, Author

"Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion"

John Burroughs, Author

"If you think you can do it, you can"

John Burroughs, Author

"If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go"

John Burroughs, Author

"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days!"

John Burroughs, Author

"The spirit of man can endure only so much, and when it is broken, only a miracle can mend it"

John Burroughs, Author

"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are!"

John Burroughs, Author

"There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad"

John Burroughs, Author

"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others, however, are more like rivets, never drawn at all"

John Burroughs, Author

"Money is just a byproduct of success"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Either you sell, or you get sold"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Fortune favors the bold"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Average sucks"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Learn to love failure"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

"Sell me this pen"

Jordan Belfort, Author

Jordan Belfort

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