"The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small."

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Source : "Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time" by Laurence J. Peter, (p. 508), 1977.

Adlai E. Stevenson

#Peace Quotes #Journey Quotes #League Quotes

“As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.”
“What science cannot declare, art can suggest; what art suggests silently, poetry speaks aloud; but what poetry fails to explain in words, music can express. Whoever knows the mystery of vibrations indeed knows all things.”
“One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Being a fan of science fiction, I collect a lot of science fiction art work and so if you go to my house there's like a library and you just geek out on science fiction material. A lot of the colony worlds specifically are built as a melting pot of different societies, because the world is at a point where there are only two zones that are left inhabitable.”
“Everyone procrastinates. The difference between high performers and low performers is largely determined by what they choose to procrastinate on. Since you must procrastinate anyway, decide today to procrastinate on low-value activities.”
“Sweet tastes have sour closes; and he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.”
“It is important to act as if bearing witness matters.”

Source : Maxine Kumin (2000). “Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry”
“Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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