“genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to superhuman proportions.” LongEnoughCharacterLife IsGrowsSidesBrainGeniusProportionImperfectSuperhumanPerfect Life Book:the conqueror Source: the conqueror
“the curse of human nature is imagination. When a long anticipated moment comes, we always find it pitched a note too low, for the wings of imagination are crushed into its withering sides under the crowding hordes of petty realities.” HumansLongMomentsRealitySidesImaginationHuman NatureLowsWingsNotesCursePettyCrushedHordeWithering Author:Gertrude Atherton
“Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your desk and sit there for three hours, whether you accomplish anything or not. Before long you will find that you are writing madly, not waiting for inspiration.” WritingLongInspirationThreeWaitingHoursSimpleMorningIntentionAccomplishGet UpEvery MorningDesksRecipes Author:Gertrude Atherton
“A long while ago an eager group of reformers wrote to me asking if I could suggest anything that would improve the morals of the American people. I replied that the trouble with the American people in general was not lack of morals but lack of brains.” PeopleIfsLongBrainMoralTroubleGroupsAskingIf I CouldReformers Author:Gertrude Atherton
“I have come to the conclusion that the modern interpretation of the Declaration of Independence is something like this: I am as good as those that think themselves better and a long sight better than those who only think themselves as good.” ThinkingLongModernSightIndependenceConclusionInterpretationDeclarationDeclaration Of Independence Author:Gertrude Atherton