Quotes of Willa Cather

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All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver.

- Willa Cather

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“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. ”

- Steven Spielberg

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ God's plans for you are always good and purposeful. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ If you are happy with the person you are becoming, and you can understand that the journey is long and the processes are slow; you are on the right track no matter what your current situation is. ”

- Joshua Lynott

“ She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause. My back was to him, but there was a strange quality to his voice that made me turn around. "What's that?" I asked. "That I do still love you." With that one sentence, everything in the universe changed. ”

- Richelle Mead

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:12 NIV) ”

- Anonymous

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightlycolored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley