Maisie Dobbs Important Quotes & Sayings

Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere. — Katie Dale

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth. — Eliza Farnham

The fact is, most people come to faith through the influence of family members, small-group Bible studies, or a conversation with a friend after a church service: Christians intentionally talking about the gospel. — J. Mack Stiles

As for myself, however, today is the day, and I dare not wait for some slow cultural drift finally to pave the way that I might easily float into some nebulous social salvation. I cannot depend on 'them' 'out there' to order into coherency this small sphere of my only present now. — Joseph Chilton Pearce

Man is the being who, from cradle to grave has to abide by either his man-made laws or heavenly law. — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

My mom was really cool. She's the one that gave me the mentality about believing in myself and trusting it, that I was always gonna be okay, and that I could do things in a special way. She just pumped me up, you know? — Pete Carroll

Are you sure you want to go out with someone with that kind of history? ... He could have a psychotic break. I read that people get those when they're twenty-eight. — Maggie Stiefvater

Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player. It's named 'Blumine,' which has something to do with flowers. — Eugene Ormandy

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. If such a board actually exists it operates precisely like the board of a corporation that is losing money. — H.L. Mencken

Mom would hate it if she knew I told Coco this stuff. She'd hate it, and she wouldn't even admit that to me, because she'd be too worried about making me uncomfortable or ashamed. She's like a silverware divider with a conscience, trying to keep us all separate and safe without making the forks feel bad about not being spoons or the spoons feel worried that the forks shouldn't be so poky. — Emily Henry

White dew- one drop on each thorn — Yosa Buson

Failure isn't a problem. It's the fear of failure that's the limiting factor. You can't lose your nerve for the big failure, because it's the exact same nerve you need for the big success. — Regina E. Dugan

There is so much we don't understand. And so much unhappiness that comes because of that. — Alice Walker

Living life is sacred education. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Cooking is like making love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all. — Harriet Van Horne