And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.
Louise Erdrich
Susan Gale Quote – Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength …
Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.
Susan Gale
Marcus Aurelius Quote – You have power over your mind …
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
James Whitcomb Riley Quote – The most essential factor …
The most essential factor is persistence – the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
Mahatma Gandhi – Happiness is when what you think …
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Anonymous – When you truly care …
When you truly care for someone, their mistakes never change your feelings because it’s the mind that gets angry but the heart still cares.
~ Anonymous
Anonymous Quote – You’ll never be brave if …
You’ll never be brave if you don’t get hurt. You’ll never learn if you don’t make mistakes. You’ll never be successful if you don’t encounter failure.
Albert Einstein – If you are out to describe …
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
~ Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein – You can’t blame gravity …
You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.
~ Albert Einstein
Laura Ingalls Wilder Quote – The real things haven’t changed …
The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anonymous – Hard work beats talent …
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
~ Anonymous
Maya Angelou Quote – Nothing can dim the light …
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
Tupac Shakur Quote – Through every dark night …
Through every dark night, there’s a brighter day.
Woodrow Wilson Quote – I Would Rather Fail …
I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.
Ralph Sockman Quote – Nothing is so strong as gentleness …
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery – Perfection is achieved, not when there is …
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
William Penn Quote – A true friend unbosoms freely …
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
Andre Gide – Man cannot discover new oceans unless …
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Mignon McLaughlin – Courage can’t see around corners …
Courage can’t see around corners but goes around them anyway.
William Penn – Right is right, even if everyone is …
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.