“I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances.” MayLittlesStillsMatterEnoughHandsStrongMy OwnWiseMastersCircumstancesProjectsArmyStrongerWaveShipsYieldFoundersHelm Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of prudence: she was so afraid that I should ever do a foolish thing, or not say a wise one, that she prompted my every word, and guided my every action. So I grew up, seeing with her eyes, hearing with her ears, and judging with her understanding, till, at length, it was found out that I had not eyes, ears or understanding of my own.” ShouldEyeCareActionMotherFoundUnderstandingMy OwnDealsToo MuchWiseSeeingJudgingGrewLessonsGrew UpEarsHearingFoolishEducatedLengthHer EyesPrudencePremature Book:Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825 Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825
“What influenced my style was the feeling that I was a lousy artist... I was like the ugly duckling, not knowing what I was, style-wise, and thinking I was all on my own... I evolved into a style that couldn't be compared to anyone else.” ThinkingFeelingsArtistMy OwnKnowingWiseStyleUglyNot KnowingDucklingsUgly Duckling Author:Jim Rowe