Arthur Marwick History Quotes

#1. We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.

Michel De Montaigne

#2. Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure with so as not to reveal the vanity of their studies and which human stupidity is keen to accept in payment

Michel De Montaigne

#3. The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It's then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives.
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.

Walt Disney

#4. Nevertheless, with reference to the natural process of childbirth one thing can seldom be forgotten, the fact that the human infant has an absurdly big head.

D.W. Winnicott

#5. Oh, Perceval, a falcon is born to hunt, and so are you. One day you will hunt indeed--but not yet."
"Why? Am I not ready?"
She looked at him sadly and said, "Give me a little longer.

Suzannah Rowntree

#6. HISTORICALOVERDOSING:To live in a period of time when too much seems to happen.

Douglas Coupland