Phyllis Bottome

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

Some of us cling to our curses if we havent anything better to cling to

Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline and above all his interest in others these together make up the spirit of morale.

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

To be in the right is often an expensive business.

It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.

It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

A refugee is as helpless as a new born child but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!