Quotes To Live By

5/31/2021

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” — Norman Vincent Peale

5/30/2021

“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” — Joseph Joubert

5/29/2021

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” — William Arthur Ward

5/28/2021

“I’ve learned people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

5/27/2021

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

5/26/2021

“We change, whether we like it or not.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

5/25/2021

“What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.” — Ted Roethke

“It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.” Francis of Assisi

5/24/2021

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” — Dalai Lama

5/23/2021

“Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.” — Henri Nouwen

5/22/2021

“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” — Carl Jung

5/21/2021

“Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.” — Maria Montessori

5/20/2021

“There is no task so mundane, no life so ordinary, that it cannot be felt as a blessing and a joy.” ― Marty Rubin

5/19/2021

“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” — Malcolm X

“Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.” — Ruskin Bond

5/18/2021

“Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.” — Bertrand Russell

5/17/2021

“The longer we live, the more we find we are like other persons.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

5/16/2021

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.” ― Adrienne Rich

5/13/2021

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” — Jack Kerouac

5/12/2021

“Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift – there is nothing small about it.” — Florence Nightingale

“The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient’s hopes are the physician’s secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.” — Norman Cousins

5/11/2021

“You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” — Brene Brown

5/10/2021

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” — Tennessee Williams

5/9/2021

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
“I am not young enough to know everything.”
— J. M. Barrie

5/6/2021

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud

5/2/2021

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” — Benjamin Spock

5/1/2021

“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” — George Herbert