Raikes Foundation Quotes & Sayings

think that every one, no matter how many troubles he may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood to look back upon. — Jean Webster

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at least a dozen others round to his opinion in the course of a year no matter how absurd that opinion might be. We see every day in politics, in business, in social life, large masses of people brought to embrace the most revolutionary ideas, sometimes within a few days. It is all a question of getting hold of them in the right way and working on their weak points. — Aleister Crowley

Tonight the man in the moon looks as though he's winking, or smirking: a moon with secrets. — Lauren Oliver

Wherever you look there's meanness and corruption. This room, this bottle of grape wine, these fruits in the basket, are all products of profit and loss. A fellow can't live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness. Somebody wears his tail to a frazzle for every mouthful we eat and every stitch we wear - and nobody seems to know. Everybody is blind, dumb, and blunt-headed - stupid and mean. — Carson McCullers

Mortality shadowed him like a falcon mantling its wings over dying prey. — John Connolly