I have collected quotes since I was a teenager. They inspire and move
me, and I hope they can be of use to you as well.
"Seek first to
understand, then be understood" ~Stephen Covey
"The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness
also keep out the joy" ~Jim Rohn
"Nobody can go back and start and new beginning, but
anyone can start today and make a new ending" ~Unknown
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and
precious life?" ~Mary Oliver
"The greatest of all arts is the art of living together.
" ~William Lyon Phelps
"The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter
how close it has been to one's own." ~Willa Cather
"I can live for two months on a good compliment."
~Mark Twain
"What we all tend to complain about most in other people
are those things we don't like about ourselves." unknown
"Familiarity breeds contempt-and children." ~Mark
Twain
"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable
part of happiness." ~Bertand Russell
"What disturbs men's minds is not events, but their judgments
on events." ~Epictetus
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test
first, the lesson afterwards." unknown
"You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it
leaves your arms too ful to embrace the present." unknown
"The windows of my soul I throw wide open to the sun." ~Whittier
"He who angers you, controls you." ~Author unknown
" We do our time like pennies in a jar. What are we
saving for?....We sit and grow our roots into the floor. What are we waiting for?" ~The Bravery