Lower Higgins Creek, Unicoi County, Tennessee
“Under all speech that is good for anything
there lies a silence that is better.
Silence is deep as Eternity;
speech is shallow as Time.”
Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881
Category Archives: Higgins Creek
Anticipation
Lower Higgins Creek Falls
“What we anticipate seldom occurs;
what we least expected generally happens.”
Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
British Prime Minister
Discover You
Rue Anemone or Windflower
“You have got to discover you,
what you do, and trust it.”
Barbra Streisand, b. 1942
Tempting Moment
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place,
but far more difficult still,
to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790
In Disguise
“Another belief of mine:
that everyone else my age is an adult,
whereas I am merely in disguise.”
Margaret Atwood, b. 1939
Canadian author, poet
Be Authentic
Lower Higgins Creek, Unicoi County
“You should not live one way in private, another in public.”
Publilius Syrus, b. 100 B.C.
Twelve Things to Remember
Lower Higgins Creek, Unicoi County
1. The value of time
2. The success of perseverance
3. The pleasure of working
4. The dignity of simplicity
5. The worth of character
6. The power of kindness
7. The influence of example
8. The obligation of duty
9. The wisdom of economy
10. The virtue of patience
11. The improvement of talent
12. The joy of originating
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‘Til the End
Lower Higgins Creek, Unicoi County
“I’ve got something inside of me,
peasantlike and stubborn,
and I’m in it till the end of the race.”
Truman Capote, 1924-1984
Author, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Style
Crowded to the Full
Higgins Creek Falls, Unicoi County
“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action
and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years
of those mean observances of paltry decorum.”
Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832
Scottish historical novelist and poet
