Quotes by scottish authors

Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions. Samuel Smiles
Character Property Possessions Noblest
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve. Samuel Smiles
Men Difficulty Apprenticeship Had Greatest Which Serve
It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action. Samuel Smiles
Great Character Will Enthusiasm Power Energy Action Everywhere Miracle Force Sustaining Which Central Ages Produces Element
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. Samuel Smiles
Wise Man Peace Wise Man Will Live Others Would Bear He
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. Samuel Smiles
Valuable Will Inevitable Everything Price Still Labor Which Ever Set
Work is one of the best educators of practical character. Samuel Smiles
Work Best Character Practical Educators
Length of years is no proper test of length of life. A man's life is to be measured by what he does in it and what he feels in it. Samuel Smiles
Life Man Proper He Feels Does Test Years Length Measured
Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right. Samuel Smiles
Life Man Obedience Honesty Simple Long Rule Way Steady Purpose He Long Way Feels Himself Knows Goes Just Estimate Founded Right
The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts with the force of a law of nature. Samuel Smiles
Home Nature Law Discipline Moral Perfect Most Force Felt Always Least Where Which Acts
The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two. Sara Sheridan
Lonely Cloud Cocktail Inspiration Mysterious Fired Writer Perhaps Wandering Figure Two
I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present, and I just thought: 'You lucky, lucky beast!' because as a historical novelist, I live constantly on the edge of wondering whether tissues had been invented. Sara Sheridan
You Thought Beast Edge Research Live Books Once Background Constantly Invented Had He Because Said Been His Historical Did Wondering Just Where Whether Much Really Lucky Novelist Event Present Need Set
I wrote 'I'm Me' because I was asked to write a children's book. Sara Sheridan
Me Book Write Wrote Because Children Asked
I am incredibly jammy. I really am. Sara Sheridan
Incredibly Am Really
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work again, or so the myth goes. Sara Sheridan
Work You Book Made Myth Easy Bestseller Write Writers Never Goes Movie Again Your
The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession. Sara Sheridan
Financial Digital Job Value Revolution Control White Difficult Corporate Extremely Enter Critics Misconceptions Writer Put Make Around Male Middle-Aged Little Profession Away Publishers
Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre. Sara Sheridan
Crime Writers Particularly Genre Scottish Successful
I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves dedicated to Scottish authors. Sara Sheridan
Seen Books Section Never Most Well Shelves Scotland Scottish Authors Dedicated English Set
I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn - be it chiming in with constructive criticism or giving me sound advice about my career plan. Sara Sheridan
Good Me Criticism Giving Constructive Criticism Advice About More Constructive Writers Never Taken Sound Am Done Where Interest Turn Plan Successful Career
I'm grateful that I've enjoyed the support of libraries, bookshops and institutional funders. Sara Sheridan
Grateful Libraries Support Institutional Enjoyed
We're all so digital, but the '50s was the era of watches you had to wind. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest in 1953, Hillary was equipped with a Rolex Oyster Perpetual. Sara Sheridan
You Digital Wind Summit Had Reached Hillary Equipped Era Perpetual Sir Everest Watches
The cosmetic industry really took off in the 1950s. Sara Sheridan
Took Cosmetic Industry Off Really
Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that needs minimal editing but also take an active part in marketing and publicizing their work. Sara Sheridan
Work Needs Editing Active Sum Marketing Minimal Only Take Writers Deliver Part Most Also Offered Expected Lucky Copy
I write fast. I'm one of the lucky ones. Sara Sheridan
Write Lucky Fast
Scotland just isn't terribly Tory. Sara Sheridan
Tory Terribly Scotland Just
Some matters are simply contentious. Sometimes you're never going to get it right. Sara Sheridan
You Sometimes Matters Some Never Simply Get Going Right
It's interesting that, given our culture has so many words that refer to women in a truly derogatory fashion, it's 'lady' - a term that has conferred social respect on our gender for over a thousand years - that has women up in arms. Sara Sheridan
Fashion Respect Culture Women Words Gender Our Thousand Thousand Years Given Over Term Arms Refer Years Truly Up Conferred Lady Interesting Social Derogatory Many
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