Quotes of W. Somerset Maugham

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She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

- W. Somerset Maugham

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

- Amit Kalantri

“ 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

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

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me. ”

- Jenny Han

“ Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”

- Confucius

“ God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ”

- Unknown

“ One day she will be mine. I am telling you. I need to have her, and she needs me. She just doesn’t know it yet. There is no one in the world that could love her the way I could. ”

- Nico J. Genes

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. ”

- Fried Astaire

“ Sometimes we may feel disheartened and demoralized but we must keep faith in ourselves. We may be going through a lot of ups and downs in our life. But we must realise that growth begins from chaos! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem

“ Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ One chooses who they decide to love but never determines who will love them back. The woman’s first two considerations are respect and financial security which centers on the core of personality traits; a man reveres persona of physical and sexuality; these two impostors have little relevance of character. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ 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