“The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.”
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
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“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
Emma Goldman (1868–1940) anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
Daniel Defoe La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoe
Variant: Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 11, Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand.
“Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Source: Along for the Ride
Milton Friedman (1912–2006) American economist, statistician, and writer
Interview with Richard Heffner on The Open Mind (7 December 1975)
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book A Case of Identity
Source: A Case of Identity
“Get off me. You weigh more than the doors to your home.”
Julie Garwood (1946) American writer
Source: Honor's Splendour
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
“Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.”
George MacDonald book At the Back of the North Wind
Source: At the Back of the North Wind
“It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.”
Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. III : A Controversy; Gilbert to Helen
“Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.”
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“You're a girl. Someday you'll want to be a prisoner to someone other than yourself.”
Jodi Lynn Anderson American children's writer
Source: Tiger Lily
“A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man. (Inspector Miller)”
Agatha Christie book The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Source: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)”
Julia Cameron (1948) American writer
Source: God is No Laughing Matter
“Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer
“True masters are those who've chosen to make a life rather than a living.”
Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1