Cornelia Meigs quotes

“Determination, however, can take the place of patience, if earnestly applied.”
-- Cornelia Meigs

Source : Cornelia Meigs (1988). “Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women”

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“Recovery from illness often seems like beginning life all over again.”
-- Cornelia Meigs

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“Life goes on after sorrow, in spite of sorrow, as a defense against sorrow.”
-- Cornelia Meigs

Source : Cornelia Meigs (1987). “Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women”, Scholastic

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“War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer.”
-- Cornelia Meigs

Source : Cornelia Meigs (1987). “Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women”, Scholastic

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“I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That's about it.”

“I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.”

Source : "50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory - in pictures" by Steven Bloor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

“So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!”

“We must apply our humble efforts to the construction of a more just and humane world. And I want to declare emphatically: Such a world is possible. To create this new society, we must present outstretched and friendly hands, without hatred and rancor, even as we show great determination and never waver in the defense of truth and justice. Because we know that we cannot sow seeds with clenched fists. To sow we must open our hands.”

Source : Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1983). “Christ in a Poncho: Testimonials of the Nonviolent Struggles in Latin America”

“The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science of man and the social system. It ought necessarily to precede every other inquiry into social physics, since it is, as it were, the basis. The average man, indeed, is in a nation what the centre of gravity is in a body; it is by having that central point in view that we arrive at the apprehension of all the phenomena of equilibrium and motion.”

“There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.”

“There are many who still do not believe that global warming is a problem at all. And it's no wonder: because they are the targets of a massive and well-organized campaign of disinformation lavishly funded by polluters who are determined to prevent any action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming out of a fear that their profits might be affected if they had to stop dumping so much pollution into the atmosphere.”

“I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.”

“Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will.”

“But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have access to information.”

Source : Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.