Famous Elsa Maxwell Quotes & Sayings

The shadow of someone's greatness is not a good place to dwell. Being the next someone else pales into insignificance against being the first you. — John Paul Bernett

The moment you tire of my company, we'll part ways. — Lisa Mantchev

So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her. — Louisa May Alcott

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge. — John Wesley

We question ourselves through others by way of stories, advice, and gestures; and we receive our answers form listening to others reactions — Jeremy Aldana

Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles itself before a great kingdom, it shall win over that great kingdom. Thus the one humbles itself in order to attain, the other attains because it is humble. If the great kingdom has no further desire than to bring men together and to nourish them, the small kingdom will have no further desire than to enter the service of the other. But in order that both may have their desire, the great one must learn humility. — Laozi

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil. — Maria Montessori

The most important thing for aspiring writers is for them to give themselves permission to be brave on the page, to write in the presence of fear, to go to those places that you think you can't write - really that's exactly what you need to write. — Cheryl Strayed

It's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing. This is the secret of the human heart, Rom. — Ted Dekker

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe. — George Herbert