#tone

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. ↗

— Anne Bronte

#attempt #clear #firmly #go #hand

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#been #difficult #education #eradicate #firm

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones. ↗

— Lars Ulrich

#band #never #only #played #rolling

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#character #faith #foundation #honesty #integrity

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. ↗

— John Burroughs

#easier #get #moral #more #out

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. ↗

— John Burroughs

#gathers #good #good thing #little #man

I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore, which is the milestone for every actor. When your job is just to be an actor and not to have to do anything else. ↗

— Lizzy Caplan

#anymore #anything #big #else #every

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#i #just #less #mean #means

The events between 1968 and 1980 were the kind of cornerstone for everything I've been able to do, they gave me the springboard. ↗

— Robert Plant

#been #between #cornerstone #events #everything

I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#bird #color #every #flower #got