Famous quotes containing the words internal, work and/or including:
“You will see Coleridgehe who sits obscure
In the exceeding lustre and the pure
Intense irradiation of a mind,
Which, with its own internal lightning blind,
Flags wearily through darkness and despair
A cloud-encircled meteor of the air,
A hooded eagle among blinking owls.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (17921822)
“My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things, it is the work of their hands; they are splendid people and their absolute love of their children places them above the highest praise. It cloaks all of their shortcomings, shortcomings that may have resulted from a difficult life.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little beings mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because its too hard.”
—John Lennon (19401980)