Quote DB

�	Add Quotes to Your Site - Quote Generator add quote of the day, random quotes or by topic (e.g. funny quotes)

Quote DB :: Authors :: Marcel Proust :: View Quote

View Quote

"It is always thus, impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, that we make our irrevocable decisions." - Copy to Clipboard
-- Marcel Proust

Listed in: Decisions

Add Quote To Your Quote List

Rating: 4.5	Rate Quote
2 votes submitted

Your Name:
Friend's Email:

Top 5 quotes from Marcel Proust

"The only paradise is paradise lost."

"If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time."

"It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused."

"The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace."

"I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in the current meaning of the word, invent it, but, since it exists already in each one of us, interprets it. The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter."

Top 5 quotes from Decisions

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."

"When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own."

"Decisions are made by those who show up."

"The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead."

"It is always thus, impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, that we make our irrevocable decisions."

Quote DB

Popular Pages

Share