Friday 30 October 2009

Quotes to amuse and inspire

"How long should you try? Until." Jim Rohn

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." John Muir

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." Anaïs Nin

"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." James Michener

"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." Mark Twain

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose you consider a mighty one, the being like a force of nature, rather than a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." George Bernard Shaw

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Howard Thurman

"It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honour nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever." Jimmy Carter

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