Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Thomas Carlyle Tags: #Distance, #Hand, #Clearly, #ThomasCarlyle, #Scottish, #PhilosopherMini who’s who: Thomas Carlyle : Scottish Philosopher Born:...
Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance – the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest. — Emily Greene Balch Tags: #Time, #Rest, #Distance, #EmilyGreeneBalch, #American, #EducatorMini who’s who:...
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one’s origins and one’s final achievement. — Michael Korda Tags: #Easy, #Measure, #Distance, #MichaelKorda, #English, #NovelistMini who’s who: Michael Korda : English Novelist...
In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the blitz, were bombed-out ruins and an enervated society, while the continent was still, psychologically, in the grip of its recent atrocities. — Cynthia...
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem. — John Galsworthy Tags: #Problem, #Distance, #Idealism, #JohnGalsworthy, #English, #AuthorMini who’s who: John Galsworthy : English Author Born: August 14, 1867 Died:...
