Wise quotes
Jan. 27th, 2004 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ferine"Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity."
~ Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), Writer, author
"I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."
~ Isak Dinesen (1885-1962), [Baroness Karen Blixen] Danish writer
"There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
~ George Burton Adams (1851-1925), American educator, historian
~ Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), Writer, author
"I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."
~ Isak Dinesen (1885-1962), [Baroness Karen Blixen] Danish writer
"There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
~ George Burton Adams (1851-1925), American educator, historian
