"He who would valiant be against all disaster; let him in constancy follow the Master. There's no discouragement shall make him once relent; his first avowed intent to be a pilgrim."

-- John Buchan

#Firsts Quotes #Discouragement Quotes #Disaster Quotes

“Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself.”
“Only the impossible has any real charm; the possible has been vulgarized by happening too often.”
“Reading off a Teleprompter is an easy skill to do passably well and a difficult skill to do very well. I still have room for improvement there. I still talk too fast and I'm trying to slow myself down.”
“If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.”
“In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.”
“The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.”

Source : Alfred Jarry, Roger Shattuck, Simon Watson Taylor (1965). “Selected works: Edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor”
“I've always found that word ["hipster"] is used with such disdain, like it's always used by chubby bloggers who aren't getting laid anymore and are bored, and they're just so mad at these young kids for going out and getting wasted and having fun and being fashionable.”
“Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.”

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