Quotes of W. Somerset Maugham

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She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious.

- W. Somerset Maugham

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“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

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

- Mike Stagnitta

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ 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

“ If you want a future that makes you happy, if you want a world that you’re excited about, get your ass out there and earn it. ”

- Tom Bilyeu

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet! ”

- John Green

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ True Love is not something that will ever happen in an instant....because the summary of our lives is not in an instant. Love at First sight is just infatuation. True Love.....is like a fine wine. It has layers upon layers of depth and flavor, all of which gets better if it is aged and cared for correctly. True Love is the gradual deep understanding of your Spouse, and a spiritual empathy towards them. As they get older, and change, you eagerly continue to turn pages of your lives together, studying and empathizing with a person that you do not need to be defensive or suspicious of. ”

- sangeeta mann

“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Be Brave, Be Bold! Never allow fear to dictate your choices. Use your VOICE & trust in your abilities. ”

- Rosalie Bardo

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward

“ 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

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

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

- Jackie Griffin

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ Live your life, no matter what that life is. ”

- Corey Taylor