"Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error."

-- Cyprian

#Errors Quotes #Ancient Quotes #Truth Is Quotes

“Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness.”
“History is sinking and only a very few seem dimly aware that things are getting bad.”
“Go ahead and do things, the bigger the better, if your fundamentals are sound. Avoid procrastination. Do not quibble for an hour over things that might be decided in minutes. However, if the issue at stake is large, stay as long as the next man, but go ahead and do things.”
“I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.”
“I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.”
“This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.”
“I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because you are allowed to do this thing.' By this I mean, they can do what millions of people cannot do. Many people cannot think of playing music or listening to it until six o'clock in the evening. To be involved professionally in a thing as creative as this is a great privilege and we have a duty to make it in such a way that we can help bring pleasure and a sense of fulfillment to those who are not so fortunate.”
“Help me see this brother through the eyes of truth and not of judgement.”

You may also like: