Writing From Childrens Authors Quotes & Sayings

All of us live in history, whether we are aware of it or not, and die in drama. The sense of history and of drama comes to a man not because of who he is or what he does but flickeringly, as he is caught up in events, as his personality reacts, as he sees for a moment his place in the great flowing river of humanity. — Carl Mydans

He's looking at me. I can feel his eyes from across the yard, where he's losing a game of croquet to his niece, Piper. He's only pretending to try, I think, but it's hard to tell because I'm definitely not looking at him. — Jessica Martinez

We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars. — John Phillips

To put a lot of hard work and effort into a project or character and for it to be recognised, how can it not be nice? — Leonardo DiCaprio

The great evangelist George Whitefield once received a letter in which he was brutally criticized by a peer. He was called everything but a preacher. Whitefield, with impeccable clarity, penned the best response to criticism I've ever encountered. He wrote his assassin a brief reply: "Thank you sir for your criticism. If you knew about me what I know about me, you would have written a longer letter. — Byron Forrest Yawn

We have dumbed down what it means to be part of the church so much that it means almost nothing, even to people who already say they are part of the church. — Stephen W. Smith

At moments, the weight of it all became palpable. It was in the air, the stress and misery. Normally, you breathed it in, without noticing it. But some days, like a humid muggy day, it had a suffocating weight of its own. Some days, this is how it felt when I was in the hospital: trapped in an endless jungle summer, wet with sweat, the rain of tears of the families of the dying pouring down. — Paul Kalanithi

There was no person, whether they thought I was too fat, too black, too country, too ghetto, too New York, too thug or too whatever! Nobody ultimately had the say over whether or not I was going to make it. — Kelly Price

Don't be afraid of new arenas. — Elon Musk

I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips. Mark my words. — Rita Ora

Art and activism can be symbiotic. They don't have to be, of course; they can also be contradictory. — Bill Ayers

Those who stay will be champions — Bo Schembechler

The cracking of old and famous structures is slow and internal, while the facade holds. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Faith is wonderful for when you understand it's meaning, it understands you and it takes you where you are destined to be. A rare phenomenon for we keep losing it before it extends its reach but if you have faith in the word, you don't follow it, faith follows you. I have seen it happen and I can vouch for it. #MyExperiencewith498A — Ravi Ranjan