Quotes of Mavis Gallant

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Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled.

- Mavis Gallant

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“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

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

- Leo Buscaglia

“ I believe in love the verb, not the noun. ”

- Greg Behrendt

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

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ Looks like to me we all begin and end in the same place. Perhaps we could love each other a little bit more along the way. ”

- Clyde Lee Dennis

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ After your first failure, the occurrence of a second failure closely depends on what you have learned from your past mistakes and whether or not you have drawn some valuable lessons. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ Be brave. Don't just live in your cave till your grave. ”

- RVM

“ 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

“ Every second that passes is another grain of sand in your hourglass that is gone, forever lost in time. ”

- Nyki Mack

“ I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.. ”

- Thoreau

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ 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

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

- Confucius

“ As an African elite, look within and ask, what can I do to change the present African narratives? What niche can I carve and do my uncompromising best to lift this continent? For my sake and for the sake of my children Jumoke Odepe ”

- Jumoke Odepe

“ Your love needs no explanation, and their sin does not deserve your revenge. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ Be supportive of others the way you would want them to be supportive of you. ”

- Ken Poirot

“ You are everything I never knew I always wanted. ”

- Fools Rush In