Löis Lancaster Quotes
I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.
Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness.
The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.
It is difficult to be sure of our friends, but it is possible to be certain of our loyalty to them.
If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.
The more we live with what we imagine others think of us, the less we live with truth.
Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.
If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.
Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends.
The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.
I don't mean to get all religious here, but I'm pretty sure key lime martinis (with a graham cracker & sugar rim) are proof that Jesus loves us.
In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.
As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do nothing to advance the narrative.
The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem.
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.
No matter how happy anyone is with their choices, I believe it's human nature to wonder about the path not taken.
We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.
Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.
For the record? I have never been her baby. In fact, I reject the notion of coming out of her body. I prefer to believe I was hatched, or perhaps purchased.
A household where a total unawareness of the world of ideas not only existed but was regarded as a matter for congratulation.
Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it.
The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.
We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.
Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.
The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions.
The fields and the flowers and the beautiful faces are not ours, as the stars and the hills and the sunlight are not ours, but they give us fresh and happy thoughts.
I do love fish, and I thought it was healthy without understanding the high mercury levels that fish like tuna, swordfish and halibut can contain.
I've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian.
Owning a dog is slightly less expensive than being addicted to crack.
He who leaves school, knowing little, but with a longing for knowledge, will go farther than one who quits, knowing many things, but not caring to learn more.
If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.
The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth.
The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.
There are few things it is more important to learn than how to live on little and be therewith content: for the less we need what is without, the more leisure have we to live within.
The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.
States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.
When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.