quotes

“The willow knows what the

“The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.” Blood of the Martyr

“When nothing is sure, everything

“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” Margaret Drabble

“He who angers you conquers

“He who angers you conquers you.” Elizabeth Kenny

“The brain can be developed

“The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if one will only take the pains to train the mind to think. Why do so many men never amount to anything? Because they don't think.” Thomas Edison

“You grow up the day

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” Ethel Barrymore

“To love is to receive

“To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.” Karen Sunde

“Nature's music is never over;

“Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.” Mary Webb (The Spring of Joy)

“When love and skill work

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” John Ruskin

“The ability to relate and

“The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies at the very heart of any creative use of the mind, no mattter in what field or discipline.” George J. Seidel

“The happiness of a man

“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence, but in the mastery, of his passions.” Alfred Lord Tennyson

“A soulmate is someone who

“A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.” Richard Bach

"The meeting of two personalities

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." Carl Jung

“Heaven will solve our problems,

“Heaven will solve our problems, but not, I think, by showing us subtle reconciliations between all our apparently contradictory notions. The notions will all be knocked from under our feet. We shall see that there never was any problem.” C.S. Lewis

“Life is a series of

“Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is no if you don't ask.” Patricia Fripp, professional speaker

“Happiness is not in the

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Every action we take, everything

“Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.” Anny Bryhhe

“ . . . one

“ . . . one of life’s greatest pleasures, even richer than that of getting what you want in life, was being able, quite simply, to give someone you love what they want.” Nancy Thayer, “Custody”

“If there ever comes a

“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart I'll stay there forever.” Winnie The Pooh

“What is life? It is

“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.” Crowfoot, Native American warrior and orator (1821-1890)

“I like nonsense, it wakes

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.” Dr. Seuss

"The aim of every artist

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life." William Faulkner