My Poetry
Quote Index
Inspirational Quotes
Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart...
A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?
But I, being poor, have only my dreams.
Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones; just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
No one ever injured their eyesight from looking on the bright side of things.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
You are young at any age if you're planning for tomorrow.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real.
~Unknown
If you want to see the view, first you have to climb the mountain.
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