More Than Words

Here are quotes that had an impact on me the moment I read them. I find them very comforting. Hope you find some comfort in them as well. Last Update: November 17, 2003 Main Source: Beliefnet.Com

Sometimes we have to be who we are NOT in order to express what we are: peacemakers. - Alanis Morissette

All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait. - Saint Vincent de Paul

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true. - William Inge

We know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today.- Sydney Smith

Believe that none of the effort you put into coming closer to God is ever wasted--even if in the end you don't achieve what you are striving for.- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

All human relationships are uncertain but I'm sure my God ain't. - Miss Manonica

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend. - William Rotsler

Suffering is everywhere. Don't ever think it isn't. So are miracles. Don't ever think they aren't. - Jewel, Chasing Down The Dawn

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.- Leon Uris, Redemption

Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum. - Charles Spencer

The big advantage of a book is it's very easy to rewind. Close it and you're right at the beginning. - Jerry Seinfeld, Sein Language

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.- Clarence Thomas

It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action. - Al Batt

The only person who can truly make you happy is yourself. - Jessica Zafra

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your intention. - Richard Moss, M.D.

It is one thing to learn about the past, it is another to wallow in it. - Kenneth Auchincloss, Newsweek

It's the things in common that make relationships enjoyable but it's the little differences that make them interesting. - Todd Ruthman

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on. - Robert Frost

Nothing lasts for ever --- not even your troubles. - Arnold Glasow

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest theraphy known to man. - Louis Nizer

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. - Abraham Lincoln

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too. - Sue Grafton, M is for Malice

Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice --- like a beautiful, softly swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity. - Peggy Noonan, in Good Housekeeping

Without friends, you're like a book nobody bothers to pick up. - Quoted in Psychology of Women Quarterly

It is books that are a key to the wide world; If you can't do anything else, read all that you can. - Jane Hamilton, The Book of Ruth

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. - Judith S. Martin

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. - Anais Nin

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. - Andy Rooney, Tribute Media Services

Music is the soundtrack of your life. - Dick Clark

To love what you do and feel that it matters --- how could anything be more fun? - Katherine Graham

Giving should never hurt. You should just give until it feels good. - Ed Stevens (ED)

Happiness is the delicate balance between what one is and what one has. - F. H. Denison

Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. - Maurice Setter

Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to. - Anonymous

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are. - Elvis Presley

It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace. - Shenandoah proverb (submitted by ta-ho-da)

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world. - William Cobbett

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. - Sir John Templeton

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. - T.S. Eliot

Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.- Herman Hesse

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. - Unknown (from Tita Tess)

Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger. - Anonymous

When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. - Mahatma Gandhi

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. - Epicurus

I am happy and content because I think I am. - Alain-Rene Lesage

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. - Helen Keller

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise--then you will discover the fullness of your life. - Brother David Steindl-Rast

Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong. - James Leo Herlihy

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. - Michael Jordan

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me." - Ann Landers

Don't let other people tell you what you want. - Pat Riley

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point. - Susan Sarandon

You only live once --- but if you work it right, once is enough. - Joe E. Lewis

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. - Unknown

The only way to have a friend is to be one. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself. - St. Francis de Sales

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you”? - William A. Ward

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it. - Oprah Winfrey

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it. - Margaret Thatcher

 
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