http://slow.writerscafe.org/inpraiseofwords The original writings of author MCS en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775972522 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A field is empty, but if you put in the effort to grow something then you will have a garden. And life is just like that. Give something, something will come back. Give nothing, nothing will come back http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/3129922/ By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960751/ Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption. ~ Wes Fesler http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960718/ The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. ~ Fa Zhou, Mulan http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960613/ Always loud, foreverbrashGold clashes no senseof style Bad designs andill-fitting suites  A jarring shock tothe eyesTawdry, flashy,always in poor tasteHorror show ofextreme  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960299/ Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. ~ Julie Burchill http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960172/ The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960153/ Incompetence is the true crisis of leadership. ~ Simon Sinek http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2960056/ When the Second Amendment was written, guns fired 1 round a minute. Now they can fire over 100. Guns have evolved over the years. So should gun laws. ~ Shane Claiborne http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2959959/ Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~ Lao Tzu http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2959169/ The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee. ~ Robert K. Greenleaf http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2959156/ Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes. ~ Colin Powell http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2959125/ Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset ~ Saint Francis de Sales http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2959007/ Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear. ~ Stephen King http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2956432/ Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. Focus on the good, no matter how small. ~ Alice Morse Earle http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2956103/  Odd how one can welcomebeing alone  And not feel theslightest bit of loneliness When weavingwords or wheeling a paintbrushCreatingsnapshots of life  These snipsalways offer up a sense of connectionLeavingfootprints throughout the workspace .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2955309/ The day dawnsgrey But the cloudysky is filled with expectationsDeep inhale asraindrops fall You come to mindand that always brings a chill Perhaps it’s allthe unanswered questionsThe curse of notknowing Your name on thetip of the tongue.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2955154/ Dirty, depraved secrets  Never stay buried deep They whisper in the shadows Scheming beneath silence  Truth always claws its way out  Weaponized, exposed, or sold What price will he pay to keep them quiet what deals are brewing to ensure silence .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2954987/ Once an a*****e always an a*****e http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2954555/ It is never wrong to do the right thing. ~ Mark Twain http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2950383/ Every day, a million miracles begin at sunrise. ~ Ian Palmer http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2950338/ Silence is a source of great strength. ~ Lao Tzu http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2950269/ Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2950155/ Bad taste is a species of bad morals. ~ C. N. Bovee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949997/ Darkness takes no form but shadows our fears. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949887/ Hubris can quickly turn small problems into large, destructive ones. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949885/ The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ~ Albert Einstein http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949756/ Power is best held by the ones who don’t want it. ~ Susan Ee, End of Days http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949669/ Today, the memory of your smile helps ease the ache of another birthday without you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949599/ Where there is power, greed, and money there is corruption. ~ Ken Poirot http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949583/ There’s only one kind of common sense but a thousand varieties of stupidity. ~ Evan Esar http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949546/ Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy. ~ Sun Tzu http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949530/ The summer solstice represents a time to reflect on the growth of the season, the magic of the earth renewing itself. ~ Mary Oliver http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949459/ The devil’s name is dullness. ~ Robert E. Lee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949423/ Assisting underperformers in the hopes they will learn always backfires. These types are very content in their mediocrity. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949415/ Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream. ~ Euripides http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949352/ I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. ~ Henry David Thoreau http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949335/ Anger is only one letter short of danger. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949230/ Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong. ~Zen Proverb http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2949092/ Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. ~ Isaac Asimov http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948948/ Life is not about happiness or success. It is just about. ~ Charlie Ambler http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948940/ I miss you in waves, and today I'm drowning. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948869/ Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. ~ Christopher Reeve http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948782/ A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948620/ Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ but in thankfulness that he was. ~ Hebrew Proverb http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948610/ The only way out is through. ~ Robert Frost http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948543/ Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. ~ Anne Frank http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948528/ He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948499/ Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. ~ Khalil Gibran http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948496/ If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor. ~ Seneca http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/inpraiseofwords/2948442/