Alexander McCall Smith Quote

There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or a bad person to at least ten people.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

Sow good seeds for a good yield.

There would definitely be way fewer instances of cheating, if the average couple did not have sex only when the woman feels like it.

A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?