#gr

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#both #distrust #issue #least #men

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#great man #made #make #man #meet

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#firmly #highest #learns #lesson #progress

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#blade #creating #easier #grass #hard

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#begin #crime #failure #greatly #line

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#does #genius #grows #life #never

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#cut #either #grasp #handle #knives

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#great #great things #himself #man #produce

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#agreed #different #everybody #face #tedious

If somebody comes to a neighborhood coffee hour, or goes to a discussion group, and they have a discussion, I do think that people really walk away with a real understanding of the issues. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#coffee #comes #discussion #goes #group