Quotes

I LOVE quotes!  I have always been on to write them on post-its and stick them on my walls, mirrors, refrigerator, etc.  just so that I can see them.  They can inspire.  Bring hope.  Fill a need.  Make you smile.  Make you laugh.  Make you cry.

This page is a place for me to put some of my favorite quotes.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Unknown

Pain is temporary.  Quitting lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. - Charlotte Bronte

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. - Charlotte Bronte

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.  The world is all gates, all opportunities. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Being powerful is like being a lady.  If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. - Margaret Thatcher

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. -Albert Einstein

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.  Now put foundations under them. -Henry David Thoreau

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion, to reach for the stars to change the world. -Harriet Tubman

If we did all the things we were capable of, we would astound ourselves.  -Thomas Edison

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.- Winston Churchill

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -Winston Churchill

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.  The way it actually works is the reverse.  You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."   ~Margaret Young


"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  ~Abraham Lincoln


"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."  ~Frederick Keonig