"The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such."

-- Og Mandino

#Motivational Quotes #Art Quotes #Life And Love Quotes

“O it is a happy thing to feel ourselves helpless and naught, for then the presence of God is felt to wrap us about so lovingly! Everlasting, infinite, almighty, these are the words that strengthen us with speaking them.”
“I deal with spiritual truth which should never be sold and need never be bought. When you are ready it will be given.”
“Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over, throw up for hours, and have little people pounding in your head with hammers, it is sheer bliss just to eat a piece of toast, walk outside without getting dizzy, and breathe fresh air. Part of the journey toward joy involves not waiting around for trouble, but being continuously aware of our blessings.”
“What did the carrot say to the wheat? Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.”
“Love, he told himself, was open to interpretation like any other abstract indulgence but followed the same principles everywhere, irrespective of everything else. One, either won or lost in love, there was no bridge in between, and he decided he had lost, lost to himself, if not to her.”
“No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.”
“A special validates you as a stand-up by documenting your material.”
“He went home one evening and drank three cups of tea with three lumps of sugar in each cup, cut his jugular with a razor three times and scrawled on a photograph of his wife with his dying hand goodbye, goodbye, goodbye”

Source : "Myles before Myles: a selection of the earlier writings of Brian O'Nolan".

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