#ear

The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#enjoy #learn #life #more #others

You cannot help little men by tearing down big men. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#cannot #down #help #little #little men

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#earn #keep #more #out #spending

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. ↗

— George Eliot

#behind #best #failure #fear #i

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them. ↗

— Louise Bogan

#any #arts #cannot #exist #feeling

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#every #i #lose #often #once

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#going #i #next #next year #off

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#believes #earth #inherit #known #land

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect. ↗

— Sissela Bok

#both #breathing #burden #childhood #confers

Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written. ↗

— Robert Emmet

#character #country #earth #epitaph #her