Virgina Woolf Quotes & Sayings

Success is in the student, not in the university; greatness is in the individual, not in the library; power is in the man, not in his crutches. A great man will make opportunities, even out of the commonest and meanest situations. If a man is not superior to his education, is not larger than his crutches or his helps, if he is not greater than the means of his culture, which are but the sign-boards pointing the way to success, he will never reach greatness. Not learning, not culture alone, not helps and opportunities, but personal power and sterling integrity, make a man great. — Orison Swett Marden

Every secret of a writers soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works - Virginia Woolf — Tracie Podger

Virgina Woolf versus Edward Lear."
"Christ Alive," said Billy. "Are those my only choices?"
"I went for Lear," said Leon. "Partly out of fidelity to the letter L. Partly because given the choice between nonsense and boojy wittering you blatantly have to choose nonsense. — China Mieville

To remain confident and positive, think about your goals all the time. — Brian Tracy

So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine. — Franklin Raines

Yes! I'm also a big fan of the movie '10 Things I Hate About You,' which was also based on Shakespeare. — Amanda Bynes

I have always felt that too much time was given before the birth, which is spent learning things like how to breathe in and out with your husband (I had my baby when they gave you a shot in the hip and you didn't wake up until the kid was ready to start school), and not enough time given to how to mother after the baby is born. — Erma Bombeck

When God made up this world of ours, He made it long and wide, And meant that it should shelter all, And none should be denied. — Carrie Jacobs-Bond

I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting such as the Spice Girls Movie - who can ever forget that! — Richard E. Grant

You never know about life. — Eileen Davidson

During the two months of our stay at Biarritz, my passion for Colette all but surpassed my passion for Cleopatra. Since my parents were not keen to meet hers, I saw her only on the beach; but I thought of her constantly. If I noticed she had been crying, I felt a surge of helpless anguish that brought tears to my own eyes. I could not destroy the mosquitoes that had left their bites on her frail neck, but I could, and did, have a successful fistfight with a red-haired boy who had been rude to her. She used to give me warm handfuls of hard candy. One day, as we were bending together over a starfish, and Colette's ringlets were tickling my ear, she suddenly turned toward me and kissed me on the cheek. So great was my emotion that all I could think of saying was, 'You little monkey. — Vladimir Nabokov

Keep starting until you finish. — Seth Godin

We hate so fast and we love too slow — Pink

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar. — Walter J. Phillips

You said you freed me, but freedom isn't defined by chains or walls. You, alive, with me. That's my freedom. — Pam Godwin