The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.
Advice Quotes
Most pleasures, like flowers, when gathered, die.
Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.
No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of […]
It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
One of the elements of a happy home is a careful attention to courtesy. Family affection may be strong and devoted, but it is hard to realize it when the manner is hasty, the speech sarcastic or fault finding.
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snowflake.
Do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
This is my “depressed stance.” When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better. If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve got to stand like this.
