Jim Watkins – river
Huka RiverTaupo, New ZealandOctober 2009 “The river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” ~Jim Watkins
Category: Inspirational quotes
Inspirational quotes
Guillaume Apollinaire – be happy
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” ~Guillaume Apollinaire
James Russell Lowell – action
“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” ~James Russell Lowell
John Green – imagination
“If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.” ~John Green
Nisargadatta Maharaj – conscious being
“Nothing can make you happier than you are. All search for happiness is misery and leads to more misery. The only happiness worth the name …
Lauren Oliver – look!
Family Time26 November 2012 “So many things become beautiful when you really look.” ~Lauren Oliver
Osip Mandelstam – spreading of a wing
Sydney Lane Cove26 November 2012 “My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.” ~Osip Mandelstam
Henry Rollins – beauty
“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” ~Henry Rollins
Harper Lee – look and listten
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” ~Harper Lee
Sean O’Casey – sun
31 July 2012Out in the Far West “When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.” ~Sean O’Casey
Richelle Mead – dreaming and waking
“If your eyes weren’t open, you wouldn’t know the difference between dreaming and waking.” ~Richelle Mead
Paul H. Dunn -age
“You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear.” ~Paul H. Dunn
Edgar Degas – art
Manildra NSW31 July 2012“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ~Edgar Degas
Paul H. Dunn – age
“You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear.” ~Paul H. Dunn
Annie Leibovitz – nature
Parkes NSW2 August 2012 “Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy – your work becomes a dance with light and …
Maxim Gorky – hands
“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it …
O.S. Marden – hope
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” ~O.S. Marden
Isaac Asimov – fingers
January 2012 “Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” ~Isaac Asimov
Dave Egner Quotes
“A benediction is not a ritualistic closing; it’s a genuine prayerful wish for God’s goodness to follow the other person.” ~Dave Egner, Our Daily Bread …
Polly Berrien Berends – love
“The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.” ~Polly Berrien Berends
The Shodoka – truth
“You must neither strive for truth, nor seek to lose your illusions.” ~The Shodoka
Dr. Louis J. Camuti – humans
Lambie, my adopted kitten24 January 2013 “Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving …
Anon – simplicity
Hooping for LifeChinatown7 October 2012 “Guide your spirit towards simplicity rather than accumulation.” ~Anon
James Thomson – ornament
Glenfield NSW13 October 2012 “For loveliness needs not the foreign aid or ornament, but is, when unadorned, adorned the most.’ ~James Thomson
Giles Fletcher – blossom
Cattery Marashar19 October 2012 “Love is the blossom where there blows everything that lives or grows.” ~Giles Fletcher
Richard ‘Grimesy’ Grimes – being great
“It would be nice to be known for being great. But it’s great being known for being nice.” ~Richard ‘Grimesy’ Grimes
Michael Dransfield – dog
Museum of Contemporary Art29 November 2012 “I was flying over Sydney in a giant dog – things looked bad.” ~Michael Dransfield
Richard Milhous Nixon – music
“If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.” ~Richard Milhous Nixon
Barry C. Forbes – kindly deeds
“I’ve never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life’s end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more …
Periander of Corinth – tomb
In MemoriamDecember 2012 “Now o’er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?” ~Periander of Corinth
Bill Crowder – needs
“Even though God knows our needs, He still wants us to share our hearts with Him. He stands ready to hear our prayer and to …
Thomas Disch – creativity
“Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.” ~Thomas Disch
Sri Ramakrishna – minds
“It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.” ~Sri Ramakrishna
Josiah Gilbert Holland – faith
“Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain; and only faith can do …
William Morris – voice
Nature’s woodworkOut in the Far West Woods2 August 2012 “Love is enough, though the world be awaning. And the woods have no voice but the …
Anon – chance
“To live a life, you stand a good chance of leading a generous life.” ~Anon
Dorothy Frances Gurney – garden
The Rocks Garden26 November 2012 “One is nearer to God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.” ~Dorothy Frances Gurney
Towradgi – earth
My Outback Adventure 3 August 2012 “Feel this earth. it is your flesh, your blood, your sinews. you are the earth, and the earth is …
Feodor Dostoyevsky
“Love children especially, for like the angels they too are sinless, and they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to …
Jon Kabat-Zinn – waves
Karomatan Lanao del NortePhoto courtesy by Maguid Maruhom “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn