"If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded."

-- Ann Radcliffe

#Humble Quotes #Hands Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I save the race for the race and I don't let it all out in practice.”

Source : "Tyson Gay" by Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.”

Source : Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press
“The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.”
“I'm not a traditional sonero, at least not in the way they want me to be, I'm an interpreter, and I reach people in a different level.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Life ends with the previous thought It is resurrected with the subsequent One”
“Why do I love being naked? Because I was born that way?”
“People see him as a hero. Not just in Zimbabwe or here in Zambia but across the whole of southern Africa. It's no good demonising Robert Mugabe.”

Source : "Mugabe's Hold on Africans". Interview with Peter Biles, news.bbc.co.uk. August 25, 2007.
“Rick Steiner is so stupid, he once stayed up all night to study for a urine test.”

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