Quotes by Deserving It Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. Charles Caleb Colton deserving-it greatness mind Literature that keeps employing new linguistic and formal modes of expression to draft a panorama of society as a whole while at the same time exposing it, tearing the masks from its face - for me that would be deserving of an award. Elfriede Jelinek deserving-it awards expression To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation. George Washington deserving-it gossip evil For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. Gloria Steinem deserving-it feminist food Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them. Hermann Hesse deserving-it hate people Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it. Ivan Panin deserving-it deserve praise Among the writers of all ages, some deserve fame, and have it; others neither have nor deserve it; some have it, not deserving it; others, though deserving it, yet totally miss it, or have it not equal to their deserts. John Milton deserving-it age missing They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish) John Steinbeck deserving-it dark past Nobody knows what you want except you. And nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it. Wanting some other way to live is proof enough of deserving it. Having it is hard work, but not having it is sheer hell. Lillian Hellman deserving-it hard-work sorry No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it. Richard Bach deserving-it matter inspirational The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it. William Hazlitt deserving-it achievement success
