“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Source: Earthsea Books, The Other Wind (2001), Chapter 1 “Mending the Green Pitcher” (p. 8)
“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
Silent Equality http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21405/Silent_Equality <br class="br">From the poems written in English
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister of India
The Unity of India : Collected Writings, 1937-1940 (1942), p. 94
Edward Rutledge (1749–1800) American politician
As quoted in John and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997) by James Haw; ISBN 0-820-31859-0), p. 233
Kenneth Grahame book The Reluctant Dragon
The dragon to St. George on plans to stage their combat.
Dream Days (1898), The Reluctant Dragon
Context: No doubt you would deeply regret any error you might make in the hurry of the moment; but you wouldn't regret it half as much as I should! However, I suppose we've got to trust somebody, as we go through life, and your plan seems, on the whole, as good a one as any.
“Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.”
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) French writer, poet, and politician
The Lake (1820), st. 9
James O. Fraser (1886–1938) missionary to China, inventor of Tibeto-Burman Nosu alphabet
Souce: Geraldine Taylor. Behind the Ranges: The Life-changing Story of J.O. Fraser. Singapore: OMF International (IHQ) Ltd., 1998, 189.