Every now and then we all need words of encouragement or just something to tide us over in the goood times and bad. Here below are some quotes I hope will help you through those times.
The Words of Mother Teresa
"At the momnet of death we will not be judged according to the number of good deeds we have done or by the diplomas we have received in our lifetime. We will be judged according to the love we have put into our work."
"As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved."
"If I thought in terms of crowds, I would never begin my work. I believe in the personal touch one to one."
"I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness."
"God does not demand that be successful. God demands that I be faithful."
"Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer."
Proverbs
"What a joy it is to find just the right word for the right occasion!" 15:23 (This is my favorite!)
"A mild answer calms wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." 13:1
"Man may make plans in his heart, but what the tongue utters is from the Lord." 16:1
"Boast not of tommorrow, for you know not what any day may bring forth." 27:1
"Let another praise you- not your own mouth; someone else- not your own lips." 27:2
"Better ia an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden." 27:5
Wise Words
"Keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
"I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise.
The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the
third, a good deed."
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and the world laughs at you."
- J. M. Linsner
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
- Victor Borge
"I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you
are brave."
- Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970)
"A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way
that you actually look forward to the trip."
- Caskie Stinnet
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
"Learning in old age is like writing on sand; learning in youth is like
engraving on stone."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol
"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."
- Elbert Hubbard
"Let the meek inherit the earth; they have it coming to them."
- James Thurber (American humorist, cartoonist) (1894-1961)
"Ideas are like beards; men do not have them until they grow up."
- Voltaire
"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."
- Eugene Ionesco
"If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared
legally dead."
- Erma Bombeck
"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not
indicate something about your size?"
- Sydney J. Harris
"Shopping is the female version of church - it's spiritual."
- Joan Baez (singer)
"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."
- Josh Billings
"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."
- Confucius (c. 551-479? BC)
"If I had my life to live again, I'd make the same mistakes, only
sooner."
- Tallulah Bankhead
"Love and a cough cannot be hid."
- George Herbert
"If I'm not back in five minutes, wait longer."
- Ace Ventura, Pet Detective
"Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes...just be an
illusion."
- Javan
"If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?"
"Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking."
- Vincent McNabb
"Love doesn't make the world go 'round, love is what makes the ride
worthwhile."
- Franklin P. Adams (1881-1960)
"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"Love is eternal. It has been the strongest motivation for human action
throughout centuries. Love is stronger than life. It reaches beyond the
dark shadow of death."
- Clifton Webb, in the 1944 film classic "Laura"
"Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases and it pleases where
it goes."
"Love is like a card trick; once you learn how it's done, you can't be
fooled any longer."
- Fanny Brice (1891-1955) (VMD)
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
- Carl Sagan
"Success always occurs in private; failure in full view."
"Man proposes, but God disposes."
- Thomas à Kempis - 1420
"Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to
society."
- Charles Gow
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyways.
"Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of
happiness or have gone stark raving mad."
- Norm Papernick
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- George Santayana
"Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance."
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
- Lee Iacocca
"Wisdom begins in wonder."
- Socrates
"Without a struggle, there can be no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
"Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song
makes you feel a thought."
- E.Y. Harbug (1898 - 1981)
"You are either part of the solution or part of the problem."
- [Leroy] Eldridge Cleaver - 1968
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