No woman will get into the celestial kingdom, except her husband receives her, if she is worthy to have a husband; and if not, somebody will receive her as a servant.
I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not merely the novelty of a black face associated with the power to rhyme that has attracted attention.
Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth. ' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it. '
If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education.
Anyone who assesses you or your relationship as disposable is not worthy of your time or tears.
Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. To see the best is to see most clearly, and it is the lover's privilege.
Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.
A garden has this advantage, that it makes it indifferent where you live. A well-laid garden makes the face of the country of no account; let that be low or high, grand or mean, you have made a beautiful abode worthy of man.
I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner.
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
Be worthy love, and love will come.
The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
Men of Science. If they are worthy of the name they are indeed about God's path and about his bed and spying out all his ways.
It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.
If a task is worthy of our attention, it is worthy of our best.
It’s Fitzgerald’s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us that, even though Gatsby dies and the small and corrupt survive, his longing was nonetheless magnificent.
I am worthy of being read. I mean, one has to be convinced of one's genius.