The things that one most ...

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
 Winifred Holtby

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Quotes from the same author

There's never been a lack of men willing to die bravely. The trouble is to find a few able to live sensibly.
 Winifred Holtby
Question everyone in authority, and see that you get sensible answers to your questions ... questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence. Vow as much love to your country as you like ... but, I implore you, do not forget to question.
 Winifred Holtby
But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence
 Winifred Holtby
Sorrow and frustration have their power. The world is moved by people with great discontents. Happiness is a drug. It can make men blind and deaf and insensible to reality. There are times when only sorrow can give to sorrow.
 Winifred Holtby
What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one's friends, the reproaches of one's own taste, there's precious little peace after publishing a book.
 Winifred Holtby