Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth5 May 1890
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational life motivational
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
inspirational education book
When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.
beauty faith inspiration
In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.
inspirational lonely food
No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.
inspirational falling-in-love real
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
inspirational wedding literature
The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.
inspirational children effort
We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.
motivation business inspiration
Act like you expect to get into the end zone.
inspirational educational real
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.
inspirational success good-life
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
inspirational life positive
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
bad mind silly
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
graveyard handsome prophets twice
Prophets were twice stoned - first in anger; then, after their death, with a handsome slab in the graveyard
bad grown luck
We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up