Anna Olson quotes

“Baking may be regarded as a science, but it's the chemistry between the ingredients and the cook that gives desserts life. Baking is done out of love, to share with family and friends, to see them smile.”
-- Anna Olson

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“If you're nervous about doing something, plan to do it badly, giving yourself credit for just doing it. That takes a weight off your shoulders because anyone can do something badly.”
-- Anna Olson

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“Like the pioneers of old, a creative person breaks new ground daily.”
-- Anna Olson

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“As long as you're willing to be called a fool, you can create anything, do anything, be anything.”
-- Anna Olson

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“Your job is to create. Their job is to try to stop you. Don't do both jobs.”
-- Anna Olson

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“Success is seldom permanent, and failure is seldom fatal. The important thing is to keep trying.”
-- Anna Olson

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“Letting go of the need for perfection releases a burst of energy - and guess what - you may accidentally do a good job.”
-- Anna Olson

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“I have a rule: before I can throw anything out, I have to write down five possible uses for it. This stretches my mind and keeps it nimble - just like stretching exercises do for my body.”
-- Anna Olson

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“Like the turtle, you need to stick your neck out to make progress.”
-- Anna Olson

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“The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis.  God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!”

“Forget yourself and live for others, for It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Source : Thomas Chalmers (1848). “Select Works of Thomas Chalmers ...: Comprising His Miscellanies; Lectures on Romans; Astronomical, Commercial and Congregational Discourses”, p.153

“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

“The science of anti-Semitism finally comes to explain this phenomenon, enlightening further the consciousness of people, fully satisfying their instinct and its violent eruptions thus legitimized by revealing their cause - the parasitism of the Jews. Thus it gives us the formula of the scientific solution for the problem of Judaism, which in order to realize we have only to apply.”

Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.

“Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics

“Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.”

“I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.”

“I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.”

“I didn't have my own journals, but my mother kept a journal while I was in the hospital, and my father wrote newsletters to keep friends and family updated on my progress.”