Sit - Quotes
There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree. One way is to sit on an acorn and wait; the other way is to climb it.
I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you`re an idiot.
We spend the first twelve months of our children`s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, `I am going to produce a work of art`. I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.
At some point [...], you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf.
Self-will is so ardent and active, that it will break a world to pieces, to make a stool to sit on.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Leave home in the sunshine:
Dance through a meadow,
Or sit by a stream and just be.
The lilt of the water,
Will gather your worries,
And carry them down to the sea.