Autherine Quotes

#1. We spring from one great tree of life; when the root of the tree is watered with love, we all thrive.

Janet Autherine

#2. Alexia had, in part, compensated for a lack of soul through the liberal application of manners. This was rather like donning an outfit consisting entirely of accessories, but Alexia maintained that proper conduct was never a bad thing.

Gail Carriger

#3. The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

Erich Fromm

#4. You are not alone in this world; you are the vine from a tree that connects all mankind. Long before you were born, God wrote greatness next to your name.

Janet Autherine

#5. The world will judge you by your appearance and your possessions but God will always judge you by the contents of your heart.

Janet Autherine

#6. My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

Penn Jillette

#7. Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.

Antony Beevor

#8. Give your mind permission to travel where the body cannot go and be open to all the wisdom that the universe has to offer.

Janet Autherine

#9. Greatness is finding your natural talent, fueling it with passion, planting it in well-nourished soil, and toiling in the garden until it breaks through the earth and reaches for the stars.

Janet Autherine

#10. If we all counted our blessings and then shared them with our neighbors, near and far, all our lives would be richer.

Janet Autherine

#11. Indians are born with an instinct for riding, rowing, hunting, fishing, and swimming. Americans are born with an instinct for fooling around with machines.

William, Saroyan

#12. Roar to your own beat!

Janet Autherine

#13. When you are discouraged, do not look down. Hold your head up high and you will see the face of God shining a light into your dark place.

Janet Autherine

#14. Sprinkled in with the beauty and joy of life will be storms. These storms will require you to anchor yourself to your faith until your rainbow arrives.

Janet Autherine