When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.

Real life seems to have no plots.

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

And she says, “Then let’s just take the effing road and get ourselves to Hav

Courage is most powerful thing inside us, It won't let us run away from any problem.

I have made mistakes and I have hurt people, I do not deny that fact. But I have corrected those mistakes vigorously once I understood the error of my ways.

Make it so good and so clear that it doesn't need any further explanation.

You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.

I trust in the perfection of Divine Timing and allow my life to unfold as it should.

If you don't have a good relationship with the now, you don't have a good relationship with life.

I can't tell what god will do because I'm not God. I can only take you back to biblical principle.

You learn to love by loving.

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part