"Tis the motive exalts the action; 'Tis the doing, and not the deed."

-- Margaret Preston

#Motivation Quotes #Deeds Quotes #Action Quotes

“The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of mind calmly to investigate, or candidly to appreciate, the motives of their enemies, which often escape the impartial and discerning view even of those who are placed at a secure distance from the flames of persecution.”
“My God, he couldn't help thinking, how terrible it is to be that age, to have emotions so near the surface that the slightest turbulence causes them to boil over. That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about -- acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out of mind.”
“If we're all God's children, what's so special about Jesus?”
“There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is you. If you decide not to make things, all you've done is deprive the world of all the stuff that only you could have brought to it.”
“There is nothing quite like the controlled burn of Eugene Martenâ€™s prose. Waste is an exhilarating and unnerving piece of fiction.”
“Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.”
“I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer.”
“What is clear is that consumers know a calorie isn't a calorie. There are good fats and bad fats and good proteins and bad ones.”

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