James Truslow Adams Famous Quotes
"Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can."
"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it."
The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
James Truslow Adams Quotations
The people people have for friends You common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.
William Blake
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Anatole France
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.
William Feather
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
Titus Livius
To each his own.
Cicero
The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
Ted W Engstrom
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism.
A R Orage
"Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past."
Frederick Henry Hedge