Tracy Beaker Full Quotes & Sayings

For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, they would have possessed the inestimable merit of being the most concise and faithful specimen of biography, extant in the literature of any age or country. — Charles Dickens

Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting. — Charles Dudley Warner

We all have that certain Gage at some point in our lives. — Melissa M. Futrell

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence. — Nicolas Chamfort

Those who are afraid to fail may not deserve to succeed. — Nido R. Qubein