Quotes 269: Robert F. Kennedy

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." 

–– Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), American lawyer and politician 

via Sketchbook 4, 2007, p. 95

Quotes 268: Marianne Williamson

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." 

–– Marianne Williamson (b, 1952), American writer (quote is from A Return to Love)

via Sketchbook 4, 2007, p. 81

Quotes 267: Andrée Putman

"To not dare is to have already lost. We should seek out ambitious, even unrealistic projects ... because things only happen when we dream." 

–– Andrée Putman (1925-2013), French interior and product designer 

via Sketchbook 4, 2007, p. 76

Quotes 266: Quaker saying

"Go inside and greet the light." 

–– Quaker saying 

via Sketchbook 4, 2007, p. 66

Quotes 265: Frederick Buechner

"God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." 

–– Frederick Buechner (b. 1926), American author and Presbyterian minister 

via Sketchbook 4, 2007, p. 34 

Quotes 264: Anonymous

"As a field must be plowed before being sown, so a mind must be troubled before being introduced to a new idea." 

–– Anonymous 

via Sketchbook 3, 2007, p. 139 

Quotes 263: George Bernard Shaw

"It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date." 

–– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, and social activist 

via Sketchbook 3, 2007, p.116