daily qoutes
“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.”
—Joseph Campbell
(1904-1987); Author, Editor, Philosopher
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”
—Robert A. Heinlein
(1907-1988); science-fiction writer
“You’re alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.”
—Barbara Hall
(1961-); Excerpt from A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
“I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There’s a vanity to candor that isn’t really worth it. Be kind.”
—Richard Greenberg
(1958-); playwright
“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”
—Ben Stein
(1944-); actor, writer, political commentator
“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.”
—Wendell Phillips
(1811-1884); abolitionist, orator
“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.”
—Ann Landers
(1918-2002); advice columnist
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
—James Neil Hollingworth (pseudonym Ambrose Redmoon)
(1933-1996); writer, former manager of the folk rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service
“Trials, temptations, disappointments — all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it…Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.”
—James Buckham
(-); writer, author
“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.”
—Jane Howard
(-);
“No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.”
—George Eliot
(1819-1880); [Mary Ann Evans]; novelist
“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”
—William Penn
(1644-1718); English Quaker leader and Founder of Pennsylvania
“After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”
—Sophia Loren
(1934-); actress
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
—Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889-1964); 1st Prime Minister Of India
“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.”
—Václav Havel
(1936-); playwright, essayist
“Despair shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations shared create collaboration, and collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change.”
—Terry Tempest Williams
(1955-); Author, Naturalist
“Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882); Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
“Life is just a chance to grow a soul.”
—A. Powell Davies
(1902-1957); minister
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
—Agatha Christie
(1890-1976); writer
“Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.”
—Arthur Rubinstein
(1887-1982); pianist
“Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.”
—Sister Mary Corita Kent
(1918-1986); artist, educator
“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.”
—Henri-Frederic Amiel
(1821-1881); philosopher, poet, critic
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
—Albert Einstein
(1879-1955); theoretical physicist, philosopher
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”
—Kahlil Gibran
(1883-1931); Artist, Poet, And Writer
“Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.”
—Michel de Montaigne
(1533-1592); Essayist, Author
“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
(-); minister
“Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear.”
—Monroe Forester
(-);
“Don’t be afraid to be amazing.”
—Andy Offutt Irwin
(1957-); storyteller, singer-songwriter
“The giving of love is an education in itself.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884-1962); First Lady, diplomat, activist
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”
—Alexandre Dumas
(1802-1870); Writer
“It always seems impossible until its done.”
—Nelson Mandela
(1918-); former President of South Africa
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
—Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970); Philosopher, Mathematician
“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.”
—Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
(1904-1991); Writer, Cartoonist
