Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG, better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 May 1874
inspirational children growing-up
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up.
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Adventure is the champagne of life.
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How much larger your life would be if you were smaller in it...
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of being strong and brave. The strong can not be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
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The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.
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There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
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An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .
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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.