Quotable Quotes 12

[Daniel E.]

“A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.”

— John A. Shedd

 

[Daniel E.]

Re: Quotable Quotes 11

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

-- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

 

[Daniel E.]

"The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones."

~ John Maynard Keynes

 

[Daniel E.]

"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."

- Grenville Kleiser

 

[Daniel E.]

"Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again."

- David Burns

 

[Daniel E.]

“Life isn’t about working hard, it’s about being authentic.” ~ Iyanla Vanzant

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Comparison is the death of joy.” ~ Mark Twain

“Healing is a lifelong process.” ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes

 

[Daniel E.]

"Don't go through life, grow through life."

"Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things."

"While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite."

"Our job is not to set things right but to see them right."

~ Eric Butterworth

 

[Daniel E.]

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."

~ Soren Kierkegaard

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." ~ Walter Winchell

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art. We go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones." ~ Anaïs Nin

 

[Daniel E.]

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.

— THEODORE N. VAIL ·

 

[Daniel E.]

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[Daniel E.]

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden

“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

"Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." - Jon Bon Jovi


"If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself."

- Bernie Siegel

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"Success is falling nine times and getting up ten."

- Jon Bon Jovi

I'm pretty sure he wasn't the original source for that quote.

 

[Daniel E.]

"There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love."

- Lukas Foss

 

[Daniel E.]

"If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently."

- Bill Watterson