#tent

There are two sorts of good wills. The one says, "I would do well, but it gives me trouble, and I will not do it." The other, "I wish to do well, but I have not as much power as I have will; it is this which holds me back." The first fills Hell, the second Paradise. ↗

— Francis de Sales

#intentions #religion #will #religion

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#simply #true

No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back. ↗

— John Holt

#attention #back #before #bring #child

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#close #close attention #detail #escape #organization

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't! ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#fabricate #finger #i #i think #joke

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#because #content #could #i #language

I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#audience #bring #content #different #i

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. ↗

— Horace

#contented #contented mind #every #every man #happiness

A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds. ↗

— David Horowitz

#among #best #best intentions #chief #deeds

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#attracting #chance #desperation #good #good chance