Jacob Arabo Quotes & Sayings

The great modern heresy in poetry is to confuse the use we make of words in a poem with modalities of speech ... For true poetry is never speech but always a song. — Herbert Read

Endurance is the queen of all virtues. — Saint John Chrysostom

Sing your song; don't let the bastards get you down. — Garrison Keillor

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world. — Thomas Kincade

For leaders to get results they need all three kinds of focus. Inner focus attunes us to our intuitions, guiding values, and better decisions. Other focus smooths our connections to the people in our lives. And outer focus lets us navigate in the larger world. A leader tuned out of his internal world will be rudderless; one blind to the world of others will be clueless; those indifferent to the larger systems within which they operate will be blindsided. — Daniel Goleman

A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons. — Harvey Penick

The uncertainty of my own experience is crushing. I am drowning in an infinite sea. Sinking slowly, the weight of the lightless depths forcing me down, forcing the air from my lungs, squeezing the blood from my heart. — Rick Yancey