Favorite Quotes

“If you would have your son walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.” { Anne Bronte }Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
William Shakespeare

Determine to live life with flair and laughter.
Maya Angelou

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Jane Austen

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
Lao-tzu

Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it’s right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.
Oprah Winfrey

That’s the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like.
Cindy Chupack

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni Morrison

Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa

You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter.
Nicholas Sparks

En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement – In my end is my beginning.
Philippa Gregory (The Other Queen)

If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best.
Marilyn Monroe

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
Audrey Hepburn

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Audrey Hepburn

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
Bette Davis

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy