When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. Roald Dahl More Quotes by Roald Dahl More Quotes From Roald Dahl If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl positiveinspirationallife And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl inspirationallifebelieve I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else. Roald Dahl kindnessnumbersthinking Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl inspirationallovelife Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world. Roald Dahl power-to-changechanging-the-worldworld I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile, because it's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth-smile is different. You can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I've also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it, so watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you with his mouth but the eyes stay the same. It's sure to be bogus. Roald Dahl realfatherchildren If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. Roald Dahl uglylooksyears The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves. Roald Dahl riskchildrenlooks We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream. Roald Dahl dreamerdreamreality A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl upliftingteacherbeauty I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be Roald Dahl passioninspiringlife Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it. Roald Dahl simplemindkindness So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall. Roald Dahl wallmotivationalbook A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones. Roald Dahl small-numbersincidentslife-is A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY. Roald Dahl growing-upfunchildren Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is unti you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die. Roald Dahl stomachawfulwant It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself Roald Dahl fake-smileeyefeelings The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain. Roald Dahl painhealthhealing I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice. Roald Dahl twitsvaluableadvice A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Roald Dahl wisdomteacherfunny
