motivational quotes of the day
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later when you’re sure they won’t laugh if you trip
The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they’re worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.
Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
Earth laughs in flowers.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
The discovery of song and the creation of musical instruments both owed their origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention: the need for rhythm in life… the need is a deep one, transcending thought, and disregarded at our peril.
Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.
When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter.
Trees are your best antiques.
It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily.