"Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work."

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Source : Beatrix Potter, Judy Taylor (2012). “Beatrix Potter's Letters”, p.219, Penguin UK

Beatrix Potter

#Inspirational Quotes #Failure Quotes #People Quotes

“I always imagine that I want to make art that is going to kill you,whether it’s going to do it visually or physically, I’ll take either way.”
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.”

Source : Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.254, Simon and Schuster
“Christianity has been cruel in much to the human race. It has quenched much of the sweet joy and gladness of life; it has caused the natural passions and affections of it to be held as sins ...”

Source : Ouida (1896). “Views and Opinions”
“Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.”
“Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.”
“We got almost the entire team coming back; we only had two seniors last year. We plan not just on making it back, but on taking the next step.”
“Love can achieve unexpected majesty in the rocky soil of misfortune.”
“The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal and social life that cannot be provided by the self-interest of economic enterprise or required by the mandate of political institutions.”

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