#ture

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#belief #common #common belief #contrary #exercise

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#create #down #hill #his #liberation

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#decided #faith #haven #human #human nature

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#chosen #literature #love #others

All the mathematical sciences are founded on relations between physical laws and laws of numbers, so that the aim of exact science is to reduce the problems of nature to the determination of quantities by operations with numbers. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

#between #determination #exact #exact science #founded

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. ↗

— Rollo May

#based #being #beings #dignity #emotion

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver. ↗

— Theresa May

#feel #gestures #get #good #good job

When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. ↗

— John McCarthy

#meet #nature #political #surprising #thugs

There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#different types #either #get #leader #like

When I think of the future, I think of my 15 year old son Connor and my 12 year old daughter Meghan. I worry about their future because your kids are as important to you as mine are to me. And I am unwilling to leave our children with so much debt. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#am #because #children #connor #daughter