Carlingford Heritage Quotes & Sayings

It is never too late to make a difference in the lives of others. Believe in yourself and others will naturally believe in you. — Alan Eisenberg

What are my books but one plea against "man's inhumanity to man" --to woman-- and to the lower animals? — Thomas Hardy

It is easy to shield the outer body from poisoned arrows, but it is impossible to shield the mind from the poisoned darts that originate within itself. Greed, anger, foolishness and the infatuations of egoism - these four poisoned darts originate within the mind and infect it with deadly poison. — Albert Camus

I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.' — Tom Brokaw

When you're going through a tough spell, it's easy to think that's all your life is about. You forget the good things, forget the quiet places. But they're always inside of us and we can pull them up when we need to set ourselves right. — Joan Bauer

In her autobiographical Giving Up the Ghost (2003), Hilary Mantel reveals: I have always been addicted to something or other, usually something there's no support group for. Semicolons, for instance, I can never give up for more than two hundred words at a time. — Lynne Truss

Gold has no increasing value. And if you're really worried about, say, inflation rising, I would buy Spam. You know, you can eat Spam. You cannot eat gold. — Nouriel Roubini

If you're thinking, 'Great! I just need to be a superhero to fight perfectionism,' I understand. Courage, compassion, and connection seem like big, lofty ideals. But in reality, they are daily practices that, when exercised enough, become these incredible gifts in our lives. And the good news is that our vulnerabilities are what force us to call upon these amazing tools. Because we're human and so beautifully imperfect, we get to practice using our tools on a daily basis. In this way, courage, compassion, and connection become gifts - the gifts of imperfection. — Brene Brown

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers

The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards. — T. S. Eliot

Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people? — Sydney J. Harris

Little Fists, what's wrong? — Marie Rutkoski