Quotes about Contentment, page 30

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

Quote by Orson Scott about contentment

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Quote by Jane Austen about contentment

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Quote by Jane Austen about contentment

Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about contentment

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about contentment

There are people, the more you do for them, the less they do for themselves.

Quote by Jane Austen about contentment

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Quote by Jane Austen about contentment

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about contentment

You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.

Quote by Jane Austen about contentment

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never...

Quote by Bette Davis about contentment

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.

Quote by Bette Davis about contentment

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

Quote by Bette Davis about contentment

I probably should just say 'Thank you, ' take the compliment, and leave it at that, but the truth is that it was hard-going.

Quote by Michael Chabon about contentment

If you put yourself out there and you're lucky, it comes to you. You find it, and you know right away that's it.

Quote by Michael Chabon about contentment

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind. ' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

Quote by Michael Chabon about contentment

People keep saying, "Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy". I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.

Quote by Michael Chabon about contentment

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution.

Quote by Michael Chabon about contentment

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

Quote by Agatha Christie about contentment

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Quote by Agatha Christie about contentment

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

Quote by Bette Davis about contentment