E.S. Russell Quotes

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.

I love you in a place where there's no space or time I love you for my life 'cause you're a friend of mine

Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love.

Every problem interacts with other problems and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems. I choose to call such a system a mess.

The beauty of a piece of music is not in its technique but in the Soul of its creator; nor is it in the sound vibrations of the piece but in the silence of the Light from which the sound springs.

The keystone of the entire structure of the spiritual and physical universe is Rhythmic Balanced Interchange between all opposites.

There’s no reason to hold yourself back and say you can’t do something in life unless you go for it and try to do it.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

A [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for any superfluous leg.

Reality is a dirty word for me, I know it isn't for most people, but I am not interested. There's too much of it about.

The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it.

There must be a lot of people in the world being wondered about by people who don't see them anymore.

I have fears, but I do not fear anything or anybody on the court.

At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar --- that's grits --- and good-looking women.

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.

No problem stays solved in a dynamic environment.

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.

Any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy, which qualifies life for immortality.

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

One of the most interesting and harmful delusions to which men and nations can be subjected is that of imagining themselves special instruments of the Divine Will.

When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.

Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.

We become what we habitually contemplate

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

The joy in motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times, but amid the challenges there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

The mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have somehow kept their ability to dream great dreams.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

We must be skeptical even of our skepticism.

I will see beauty and goodness in all things. From all that is unlovely shall my vision be immune.

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

Logic must no more admit a unicorn than zoology can.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways

When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

Friendship is a full-time job.

War doesn't determine who's right, it determines who's left

They don't understand that a slice of the pie isn't the whole pie - but they wonder why they are always hungry

Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.