David > David's Quotes

“Nothing is so much calculated to lead people to forsake sin as to take them by the hand and to watch over them in tenderness. When persons manifest the least kindness and love to me, O what pow'r it has over my mind.”
― Joseph Smith Jr.

“I say this simply and freely: choose the better path, and hold to it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: the New Translation

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E. B. White

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.”
― E.B. White

“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
― E.B. White

“I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating. ”
― E.B. White

“I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.”
― E.B. White

“Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.”
― E.B. White

“My Dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains. For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it's much better to be killed by a lover.
-Falsely yours”
― Charles Bukowski