#anxious

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#establish #ignore #infallibility #men #myth

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#anxious #behalf #duty #old #scorn

Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#art #characters #days #everyone #expected

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#anxious #day #for the day #itself #own

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#anxious #future #mind #miserable

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#anxious #dependence #enjoy #future #present

A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#anxious #bless #blessing #content #family

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#anxious #i #knew

Being in love is…anxious,” he said. “Wanting to please, worrying that she will see me as I really am. But wanting to be known. That is…you’re naked, moaning in the dark, no dignity at all…I wanted her to see me and to love me even though she knew everything I am, and I knew her ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#inspiration #life #love #love-quotes #naked

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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