"Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better."

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Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.2639, Delphi Classics

Margaret Oliphant

#Fashion Quotes #Style Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The conservative in financial circles I have often described as a man who thinks nothing new ought ever to be adopted for the first time.”

Source : "From Farm Boy to Financier". Book by Frank Arthur Vanderlip, chapter 25, p. 257, 1935.
“Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper - and sleep too - than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgins slumber.”
“I think it's important for people to know that it's okay to feel like you're not better as long as you keep trying.”
“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”
“Trans fats really are a metabolic poison.”

Source : "FDA orders elimination of trans fats within next three years". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. June 16, 2015.
“The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.”
“I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.”
“The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.”

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