"There is really no insurmountable barrier save your own inherent weakness of purpose."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Weakness Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Inherent Quotes

“What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.”
“If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months.”
“The explanations for the things we do in life are many and complex. Supposedly mature adults should live by logic, listen to their reason. Think things out before they act. But maybe they never heard what Dr. London told me one, Freud said that for the little things in life we should react according to our reason. But for really big decisions, we should heed what our unconscious tells us.”

Source : Erich Segal (1977). “Oliver's Story”
“We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation.”
“In this world only the paranoid survive.”
“As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.”
“The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.”
“Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.”

Source : Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Poems 1”, p.146, Reprint Services Corporation

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