
Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing! —
Avijeet Das

Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force. —
Helio Gracie

So long as clients lived in the area, she guaranteed to let them know if they or a local loved one was bound to die in the next twelve months. —
Maggie Stiefvater

History: A distillation of rumor. —
Thomas Carlyle

When the storm crosses the marsh and sweeps over me where I lie in the ditch unregarded I need no words. —
Virginia Woolf

Do great in the small things. —
Mother Teresa

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old. —
Cleo Moore

Friends who love you and have warmth for your creative life are the very best suns in the world. —
Clarissa Pinkola Estes