Some of My Favorite Quotes
As we the approach the Spring, a time of renewal, here are some of my favorite words of wisdom and inspiration. They have helped me to rework my thoughts and take a positive direction. That’s why I’m sharing them with you.
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein, Physicist, 1879-1955
“I do not understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.” Anne Lamont, Author, 1954-
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And, if we can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” Dalai Lama. Tibetan Leader, 1935-
“My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit …” Stephen Hawking, Physicist, 1942-
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” Charles Dickens, author, wrote of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, 1812-1870
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Joseph Campbell, Writer and Mythologist, 1904-1987
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” John Barrymore, Actor, 1882-1942
“You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.” Stephen King, Author, 1957-
“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhileness I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.” Audrey Hepburn, Actor, 1929-1993
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou, Author, Civil Rights Activist, 1928-2014
And, my two favorite quotes, both from my first hero and writer, Robert Frost, Poet, 1874-1963.
“The best way out is always through.”
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”
I hope you found something among collection that makes you smile. I’m starting a new chapter today.
