Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ You are attracted to the love you didn't receive as a child ”

- Jodi Ann Quarrie

“ Her smile was innocent and naive as if she didn’t know anything other than to love and be kind to others. ”

- Mariyam Hasnain

“ I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid. ”

- Josephine Angelini

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ 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

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley

“ Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now. ”

- Virginia Woolf

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Growing up in wartorn country like South Sudan wasn't hard and unbearable, but I'm always thankful for the experiences I encountered; cos with them I had realized my full potential to walked in seek of change and make impact on lives of others. ”

- Luka J. Riek

“ 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

“ The price of your birthday outfits should go costlier with respect to the ages you lived. ”

- Anwesha Mohanty ‘Anny’

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ The road to success is always under construction. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Every day is your entire life. ”

- Mike Stagnitta