Quotes of Mark Van Doren

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To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.

- Mark Van Doren

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“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. ”

- Ron Ben Israel

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. ”

- Gary Zukav

“ There’s only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it’s all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, ‘I love you.’ ”

- K. Flay

“ You don't need a million dollars in the bank. You just have to have passion, hustle and drive ”

- Daymond John

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Confidence is how we perceive the manifestation of truth in us. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ I was so blessed. The first person I gave my heart to was an angel who plucked the feathers off his wings and built a nest for it. ”

- Kamand Kojouri

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ Rise as a human being live as a legend work as a Messiah and you shall see the bright glorious change all around you. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ Love is like a gold mine, The deeper you dig in your heart, the more love you receive. ”

- Bzam

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

- Vic Stah Milien

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman

“ Well, now If little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you Little by little If suddenly you forget me Do not look for me For I shall already have forgotten you If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots Remember That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms And my roots will set off to seek another land ”

- Pablo Neruda