"It is the business of little minds to shrink."

-- Carl Sandburg

#Humorous Quotes #Mind Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Only if you do that can you hope to make the reader feel every particle of what you, the writer, have known and feel compelled to share."---Forward to Kafka's Short stories”

Source : Franz Kafka (1995). “The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories”, Random House LLC
“When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see Godâ€™s awesome faithfulness. Nothing â€“ not even the instinct to spare His own Son â€“ will turn him back from keeping His word.”

Source : Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group
“Character is the salesperson's stock in trade. The product itself is secondary. Truthfulness, enthusiasm and patience are great assets to every salesperson. Without them, they couldn't go far. Courage and courtesy are essential equipment.”
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.”
“Never since the dawn of human history, as far as I can find out, did people long settled in any region give a friendly welcome to newcomers. One of the disagreeable traits of our human nature seems to be to dislike on sight people who come later than the first settlers.”

Source : Dorothy Canfield Fisher “Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life”
“More and more major industries are being run on software and delivered as online servicesâ€”from movies to agriculture to national defense. Many of the winners are Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurial technology companies that are invading and overturning established industry structures. Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.”
“I'm tired, but proud.”

Source : Norman Rockwell (1988). “Norman Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post”, Bookthrift
“One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself”

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