The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
David Viscott
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.
Galina Vishnevskaya
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your... →
Swami Vivekananda
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?
Renee Vivien
The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our... →
Stephen Vizinczey
My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life.
Natalia Vodianova
I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people... →
When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.