Beginnings are always messy. John Galsworthy More Quotes by John Galsworthy More Quotes From John Galsworthy Love has no age, no limit; and no death. John Galsworthy birthdaylovedeath Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life. John Galsworthy prejudicehonestyjewels I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people. John Galsworthy self-esteembelievethinking Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. John Galsworthy doglossanimal I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull. John Galsworthy drugwinedull Love is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind. A wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild! John Galsworthy sunshineweedflower It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what. John Galsworthy mayspringmen Life calls the tune, we dance. John Galsworthy fatedestinytunes Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally. John Galsworthy wealthtrialsmean Headlines twice the size of the events. John Galsworthy sizeeventsworkout Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. John Galsworthy distanceprobleminspirational If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. John Galsworthy futureifsthinking We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us. John Galsworthy effectsworldthinking It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving. John Galsworthy love-islifepeople Only love makes fruitful the soul. John Galsworthy only-lovesoullove Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands - a faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith. John Galsworthy fatemenbelieve A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else. John Galsworthy donemotivationalmen The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage. John Galsworthy bridgeshousewriting Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create. John Galsworthy inventionmenfacts Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang. John Galsworthy vigorousslang
