Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

American novelist

Lived from: 1892 - 1973

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 26 june 1892 Died: 1 january 1973

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  • The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
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  • The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
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  • The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
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  • The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.
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  • There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.
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  • To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.
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  • Truth is always exciting. Speak it then. Life is dull without it.
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  • We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
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  • What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.
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