Mignon McLaughlin

Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

Featured quote“Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.”Mignon McLaughlin

Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

“If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.” Mignon McLaughlin

“If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.” Mignon McLaughlin

“We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.” Mignon McLaughlin

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” Mignon McLaughlin

“We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.” Mignon McLaughlin

“Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.” Mignon McLaughlin

“Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.” Mignon McLaughlin

“It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.” Mignon McLaughlin

“What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.” Mignon McLaughlin

“When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.” Mignon McLaughlin

“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.” Mignon McLaughlin

“I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.” Mignon McLaughlin

“It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.” Mignon McLaughlin

“Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.” Mignon McLaughlin

“Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.” Mignon McLaughlin

“No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.” Mignon McLaughlin

“The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.” Mignon McLaughlin

“There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.” Mignon McLaughlin