I have been collecting quotes for quite some time and consider these particularly life affirming. I hope you enjoy them too.
- How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. ~ Annie Dillard
- I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ~ Albert Schweitzer
- Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy! ~ Anne Frank
- I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. ~ Vincent van Gogh
- The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. ~ Oscar Wilde
- Love your enemy; it will drive him nuts. ~ Eleanor Doan
- The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come. ~ William Hazlitt
- Well done is better than well said. ~ Benjamin Franklin
- One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each others' stories. ~ R. Falls
- My heart is happy, my mind is free. I had a father who talked with me. ~ Hilde Bigelow
*****Chosen at quoteflections.
- Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. ~ Henry David Thoreau
- As in our confidence, so is our capacity. ~ William Hazlitt
- Vanity is the quicksand of reason. ~ George Sand
- To err is human, to forgive divine. ~ Alexander Pope
- The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. ~ John Berry
- Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you. ~ Spanish proverb
- The happy are those who are producing something. ~ William Inge
- It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. ~ Seneca
- The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. ~ Blaise Pascal
- Happiness is mostly a byproduct of doing what makes us feel fulfilled. ~Benjamin Spock
*****Chosen at quoteflections.
- The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. ~ James Froude
- What we learn we learn by doing. ~ Aristotle
- Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ~ Herbert Hoover
- Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. ~ Henry Ford
- The time is always right to do what is right. ~ Martin Luther King
- Generosity is the flower of justice. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. ~ Helen Keller
- The price of greatness is responsibility. ~ Winston Churchill
- Don't find fault; find a remedy. ~ Henry Ford
- Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? ~ Frank Scully
*****Chosen at quoteflections.
- The man who has no imagination has no wings. ~ Muhammad Ali
- The wise person questions himself, the fool others. ~ Henri Arnold
- I can live for two months on a good compliment. ~ Mark Twain
- Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ~ Oprah Winfrey
- Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ~ Oscar Wilde
- Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ~ Thomas Edison
- Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~ Danny Kaye
- Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~ Edward Abbey
- The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost
- Storms make the oak take deeper root. ~ George Herbert
*****Chosen at quoteflections.
- Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you will cease to be so. ~ John S. Mill
- Be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
- If you want to change the world, you change the world of a child. ~ Pat Schroeder
- Anything you are good at contributes to happiness. ~ Bertrand Russell
- Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours. ~ Frank Colby
- Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. ~ Ann Landers
- Fear ringed by doubt is my eternal moon. ~ Malcolm Lowry
- I make the most of all that comes, and the least of all that goes. ~ Sarah Teasdale
- Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind. ~ Charles Lucas
- Have the courage to act instead of react. ~ Earlene Jenks
*****Chosen at quoteflections.
Which quote do you find particularly nifty of the 50?
