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Inspiring Quotes - Page 38

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.14, Anchor

We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, William Rodney Allen (2006). “The Coen Brothers: Interviews”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Sep 24, 2010

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.252, Printed for H. Colborn

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Children of Adam', 'I Sing the Body Electric', section 8.

It may be those who do most, dream most.

Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.52, University of Toronto Press

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “One Whisper Of The Beloved”

No friendship is an accident.

O. Henry (2015). “Heart of the West”, p.21, Booklassic

Patience is passion tamed.

Lyman Abbott (2009). “The Theology of an Evolutionist”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity.

Lee Hammond (2002). “Drawing in Color - Animals”, p.78, North Light Books

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.

Jerry Spinelli (2012). “The Stargirl Collection”, p.222, Knopf Books for Young Readers