You mean you live down here?' Matilda asked.' I do', Miss Honey replied, but she said no more. Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her purely as a teacher, a person who turned up out of nowhere and taught at school and then went away again. Roald Dahl
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in...
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John Grogan
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.
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Stephen King
Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.
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Brian Tracy
All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.
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MingDao Deng
If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.
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Romain Rolland
More Quotes By Roald Dahl
It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
Life is more fun if you play games.
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it...
Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have...