Personifying Words Quotes & Sayings

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness. — Nevil Shute

Nothing can tell us so much about the general lawlessness of humanity as a perfect acquaintance with our own immoderate behavior. If we would think over our own impulses, we would recognize in our own souls the guiding principle of all vices which we reproach in other people; and if it is not in our very actions, it will be present at least in our impulses. There is no malice that self-love will not offer to our spirits so that we may exploit any occasion, and there are few people virtuous enough not to be tempted. — Madeleine De Souvre, Marquise De ...

A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner. — Seth Godin

You don't go to Palm Springs in the summer unless you're building a golf course. — Arnold Palmer

Valten tightened his arms around Gisela. She buried her face against his chest, holding on to him as if her life depended on her grip. — Melanie Dickerson

So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time. — Thomas S. Monson

The minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning. — Miley Cyrus

People are willing to trade money for something that they can touch, not ones and zereos. — John Gruber

We don't count relatives much; we are all relatives, you see. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back! — Jeff Cooper

Here's a tip: if even maggots think it's a bad idea, it is a really bad idea. — Kathy Benjamin

The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason. — Joseph Joubert