Phylicia > Phylicia's Quotes

“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.”
― Benjamin E Mays

“Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.”
― Benjamin Elijah Mays

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner”
― Bella Forrest, Persie Merlin and the Witch Hunters

“Stories were the greatest blessing of intelligence. They were food for the soul. They were medicine. You could live a thousand lives through stories—and learn to shape your own life into a story of the best kind.”
― Dean Koontz, Devoted

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.” —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre”
― L.J. Shen, Defy

“Shyness”
― Elisa S. Amore, Touched

“The past is important to remember when you need to learn from the mistakes that were made, but when you don't apply those teachings to your current actions and instead let grudges fester, you waste your energy and the potential of who you could be.”
― S.A. Mackenzie, Possessing Greed