When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar. William Faulkner More Quotes by William Faulkner More Quotes From William Faulkner The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist's way of scribbling "Kilroy was here" on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass. William Faulkner walllifemoving Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. William Faulkner motivationalpositiveinspirational I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from. William Faulkner courageintegritybelieve Only when the clock stops does time come to life William Faulkner clockdoetime Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. William Faulkner despairvictorymen It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work. William Faulkner workmenfunny ...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life. William Faulkner turnsprofoundbook ...the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner readyreasonlong I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice. William Faulkner inabilityfooladvice Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner dreamrunninginspirational The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. William Faulkner pillarsvoicemen Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time. William Faulkner processlife-islong Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. William Faulkner gratitudethanksgivingthank-you It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. William Faulkner idlehabitregret I knew that nobody but a luckless man could ever need a doctor in the face of a cyclone. William Faulkner cyclonesdoctorsmen Love doesn't die; the men and women do. William Faulkner men-and-womendiesmen I am not one of those women who can stand things. William Faulkner loneliness The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean. William Faulkner tryingmenmean A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid. William Faulkner love-and-honorteachingwriting Riches is nothing in the face of the Lord, for He can see into the heart. William Faulkner richesfacesheart
