I have no patience for those who say that poverty is a blessing. Poverty is the greatest curse on earth.

Your progress depends upon your degree of sustained intensity in a given direction.

With each success your faith in the law will grow stronger, until you reach the point of total conviction. Then you will be invincible.

Your great power lies not on the surface, but deep within your being.

Those who take up any subject with an open mind, willing to learn anything that will contribute to their advancement, comfort and happiness, are wise.

Believe me, you can have anything you want-and in abundance-when you learn to tune into the power within, an infinitely greater power than electricity, a power you have had from the beginning.

I am master of my own destiny, and I can make my life anything that I wish it to be.

Very few people are capable of sustained effort, and that's the reason why we have comparatively few outstanding successes.

You cannot attain #‎ mastery by patterning yourself after another or by following custom or tradition. Sheep do that. Masters and leaders never do

There are no limits to your possibilities! Your successes will multiply and increase in proportion to your mastery of the law.

Those who think they know everything will learn nothing.

Even if you delegate that responsibility, ultimately you are the one responsible for howyour brand is portrayed.

How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse.

Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

I love life, I love people and I love sharing, so I would say that I'm romantic.

San Diego was fantastic. I think there's something about San Diego that is quite different than Los Angeles.

I think, by and large, the way big social change happens is every individual person taking on whatever little piece they can take on.

M F K Fisher is the dowager queen of writers on browsing and slicing.

The work has to have room to breathe.

A garden in winter is the absolute test of the true gardener.