You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. —Lydia M. Child More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even in the darkness, every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground. —Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. —Izaak Walton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building. —Steve Jobs More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do. —W. Somerset Maugham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished. —Sharon Salzberg More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him. —Bayard Taylor More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. —Og Mandino More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Our children change us... whether they live or not. —Lois McMaster Bujold More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. —Oprah Winfrey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end. —Elizabeth Moon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This life gets bitterly cold. Sometimes you just need to cling to the person that you can claw your way out of the dark with. —Chris Dingess More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Keep cool and you command everybody. —Louis de Saint-Just More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future. —Chuck Palahniuk More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email