#dr

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ↗

— Plato

#among #born #even #found #hero

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#began #children #found #i #influenced

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. ↗

— Plutarch

#fate #follows #him #leads #resist

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#existence #fancy #future #irrational #look

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#draw #explore #gives #ideas #imagination

I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#drawings #final #i #into #make

Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up. ↗

— James C. Dobson

#children #concerned #did #give #giving

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that. ↗

— John Prescott

#agencies #areas #deficiencies #development #economy

One thing I've learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for. ↗

— Ai-jen Poo

#children #domestic #face #i #kinds

The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence. ↗

— Carl Pope

#drill #fact #independence #oil #our