Sir Wilfred Grenfell Famous Quotes



The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth.

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile."


Sir Wilfred Grenfell Quotations






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"A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day."
John Locke

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
Donald Robert Perry Marquis

"Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility."
Katherine Paterson

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
Lawrence Peter Berra

"We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better."
Native American

Painting The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Ambrose Bierce

There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain

"Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling, Words that weary and perplex and pander and conceal, Wake the sounds that cannot lie, for all their sweet beguiling The language one need fathom not, but only hear and feel."
George Du Maurier

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don Marquis

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
M Scott Peck