"To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)"

--

Source : Steven Heighton (2011). “Workbook: Memos and Dispatches On Writing”, p.28, ECW Press

Steven Heighton

#Self Esteem Quotes #Heart Quotes #Stranger Quotes

“I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What always attracted me to [Bob] Dylan, and what has sustained me as a Dylan listener, or has always continued to surprise me, is his voice, the way he sings, the way he wraps his voice around certain words, the way he backs off from melodic moments, the way he moves forward to grab something in a song that, were anybody else performing it, they would have no idea it was even there.”

Source : Source: www.barnesandnoble.com
“Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.”

Source : William Macneile Dixon (1937). “The human situation”
“Presidents always - not always, but often have bad conversations with counterparts. They just don't go out and embarrass their counterpart by talking about it. They find other ways to work it out.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.”
“There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.”
“In comedy laughter settles all arguments.”
“There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.”

You may also like:

Al Purdy
Poet
Camilla Gibb
Writer
Helen Humphreys
Poet
Kathleen Winter
Short story writer
Lesley Choyce
Author of novels
Michael Helm
Novelist