Ernest Hemingway
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way” ~.~ “There is nothing noble about being superior to one’s fellow man.” ~.~ An intelligent…
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
“The two most important days of your life are the day you were born …. and the day you found out why.” ~.~ “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”…
John Witherspoon
It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of man. ~.~
Edith Wharton
Ah, good conversation — there’s nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. ~.~
Victor Hugo
A writer is a world trapped in a person. ~.~
George Orwell
During time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~.~
Winston Churchill
” The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.” “Americans will always do the right thing — once they’ve tried everything else.” “You will never reach your destination if you stop and…
Stephen Grellet
We shall pass this way on Earth but once, if there is any kindness we can show, or good act we can do, let us do it now, for we will never pass this way…
Scout Oath, Law & Motto
Scout Oath On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself…
Kahlil Gibran
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ~.~ “A traveler I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.” ~.~ “Out of suffering have emerged the…
Jonathan Edwards
“Grace is but glory begun and glory is but grace perfected.” ~.~ “Seek not to grow in knowledge for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with other; but seek it for…
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.” ~.~
William James
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” ~.~ “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” ~.~ “Be…
William Faulkner
“(The writer) must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the verities and truths…