It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West More Quotes by Jessamyn West More Quotes From Jessamyn West Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter. Jessamyn West paradise fool chance The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow. Jessamyn West source sorrow joy The emotion, the ecstasy of love, we all want, but God spare us the responsibility. Jessamyn West emotion responsibility want Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free. Jessamyn West kind writing past Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I've been looking for all my life. Jessamyn West treasure feelings book Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a narrow track, and a one-way, but a person might travel a considerable distance on it. A number of dictators have. Jessamyn West women distance leadership We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. Jessamyn West The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting. Jessamyn West actor he great acting You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it. Jessamyn West beginning you business book It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West mistakes your own forgiveness Groan and forget it. Jessamyn West forget A big iron needle stitching the country together. Jessamyn West big iron together country
