"Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

#Writing Quotes #Work Ethic Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust”
“Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.”
“Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.”
“I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.”
“One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they are more or less openly admired. And this is logical. Canonise 'business success,' and men who made a success like that of the Standard Oil Trust become national heroes!”

Source : Ida M. Tarbell (2012). “The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version”, p.224, Courier Corporation
“I always say a tremendous amount of healing is in your own hands.”

Source : "'I felt I was dying': Hayley Mills on why she quit chemotherapy as she battled cancer" by Nicola Methven, www.mirror.co.uk. December 26, 2012.
“People really do want simpler, cleaner food, but this isn't about marketing, it's about delivering.”
“The right type of [leader] is democratic. He must not consider himself a superior sort of personage. He must actually feel democratic; it is not enough that he try to pose as democratic-he must be democratic, otherwise the veneer, the sheen, would wear off, for you can't fool a body of intelligent American workingmen for very long. He must ring true.”

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