Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlinwas an American journalist and author. In the 1950s, she began publishing aphorisms that were later collected in three books, entitled, The Neurotic’s Notebook, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook and The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook. She is known for a number of quotes, among them:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 June 1913
CountryUnited States of America
business procrastination forever
Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all
time procrastination years
The time to begin most things is ten years ago.
motivational women procrastination
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
men ego cures
There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.
women littles able
A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.
american-journalist among count handful money ourselves people whom
There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we count ourselves among them.
american-journalist
We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
society
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
courage gets matters minute next
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next
composed strength weakness
Our strength is often composed of the weakness we're damned if we're going to show
american-journalist wants
No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.
god thinking may
Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.
heartbreak divorce love-is
When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.
failure old-friends comfortable
Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.