"Next to war, art is the greatest way to immortalize a reputation."

-- Roman Genn

#Art Quotes #War Quotes #Way Quotes

“A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.”
“Kids are afraid that if they race too fast they will get tired. Way too much fear and way too little COURAGE.”
“Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Each child who wanted extra pocket money submitted a sealed bid saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the contract.”

Source : FRANK B. GILBRETH JR. (1948). “CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN”
“My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing.”
“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”
“Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear everything, touch everything, try everything before I died. There isn't anything you can name that a woman can do that I haven't done. I don't intend to stand by and be a spectator. I want to be right in there in the midst of it, right up to my nose - totally involved in the community, in the world, in the stream of history, in the human image.”
“Life was not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A momentâ€™s pause to watch the glory of a sunrise or a sunset is soul-satisfying, while a bird's song will set the steps to music all day long.”

Source : Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (1991). “Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings”, Thomas Nelson Inc
“It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background.”

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