Hephzibah Menuhin famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

  • The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.

  • I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.

  • You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.

  • We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean downright solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the one thing that gives vitality and power to otherwise rather weak individuals.

  • Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.

  • Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

  • Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

  • A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

  • his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it