MY FAVORITE QUOTES

BY AUTHORS - "L"

 

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. (La Rochefoucauld)

If there is no wind, row. (Latin Proverb)

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon)

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one." (C.S. Lewis)

What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already
are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.

(H.P. Liddon)

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
(Abraham Lincoln)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. (Abraham Lincoln)

God must love the common man, he made so many of them. (Abraham Lincoln)

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
(Abraham Lincoln)

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance. (Abraham Lincoln)

Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish.
(Anne Morrow Lindbergh)

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but
lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach --- waiting for a gift from the sea.
(Anne Morrow Lindbergh)

Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a
mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and
patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world.
(Sidney Lovett)

Not what we give, but what we share; for the gift without the giver is bare. Who gives of himself and his alms feeds three --- himself, his hungering neighbor and me. (James Russell Lowell)

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have so spend it wisely. (Kay Lyons)

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Updated: December 28, 1998

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