Elegant Lady With Class Quotes

#1. History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read. You shall make me feel what periods you have lived.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#2. It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.

William Least Heat-Moon

#3. Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

Aesop

#4. A game is always won through a mistake.

Savielly Tartakower

#5. Let's refer to it as Saturday, rather than the day of my hanging, shall we?

Julie Anne Long

#6. Did I ever tell you about the time....

A.J. Campbell

#7. Oh, Mama," I said. "What if I don't live that long?" My mother didn't hesitate one second. "By hook or by crook, you will. Having children only increases your grip on the world. It's like reading a thriller. You can't put it down because you have to know how the story turns out.

Jo-Ann Mapson

#8. The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up.

Rod Laver

#9. History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We're not especially interested in what it consists of. We wait, more or less patiently, for it to pause, so that we can get to the liquor store or the laundromat or the burger bar.

Mal Peet

#10. There's a difference between charity and love," I said. "What we're offering is love. Love lasts forever.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

#11. Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love.

Rumi