Quote from John Bartlett, who compiled over 11,00 quotations in the 10th edition of Quotations, 1919
Writing & Stories
4.10.99 Why stories are so effective:
The best stories begin as mental pictures which turn into personal mirrors before they become insightful windows through which we’re able to view life with greater clarity and understanding. Anonymous
12.15.95 I like everything about writing except the paperwork! Novelist Peter de Vries
9.9.00 I feel 10 times smarter writing on the computer. My student, ENC 1101
Travel
There’s no cure like travel
To help you unravel
The worries of living today.
When the poor brain is cracking
There’s nothing like packing
A suitcase and sailing away.
Cole Porter – Anything Goes.
7.15.13 The only real voyage of self-discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing it with new eyes. Marcel Proust
8.14.99 Distance lends enchantment to the view . . . . Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Ozarks
10.22.96 I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Thoreau
7.28.90 The trip to heaven will be easy because I have sent my heart on ahead. Loretta Lynn
White-Water Rafting
Ocoee Rafting – Ducktown, TN
White water rafting, especially level 3 or 4, is a grand metaphor for life:
1. Trust your Guide.
2. Stay IN the boat.
3. Have fun!
Dancing with the Stars
4.16.99 I don’t try to be better than anyone else. I try to be better than myself. Mikhael Baryshnikov, dancer
5.13.90 If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Thoreau
5.10.99 And frame your mind to mirth and merriment / Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. Wm. Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
A merry heart doeth good like medicine. Proverbs 17:22.
Time and Happiness
3.17.00 Human time does not turn in a circle. It runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy; happiness is the longing for repetition. Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
12.28.89 How plotless real life was [is]! Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
5.9.90 Don’t worry about the meaning of life; pursue meaning in life every day. Robert Fulghum
12.19.99 You are only one thought away from a good feeling! Sheil Krystal quoted in Rick Carlson’s Happiness
9.10.13 Sybil, in my book says, “Sometimes, the greatest gift you can give someone is the freedom to pursue their own happiness.” Red Clay and Roses SK Nicholls
Which quotes do you agree with?
Disagree?
Your turn: Share one you would add to the themes.
Wow! What an awesome collection of quotes. I will have to bookmark this page, print it to post by my computer and file it away for future reference.
10.22.96 I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Thoreau
I love Thoreau 🙂 What a fine job you did with this post!
In the throes of publishing, you lead a busy life, SK. Thanks for stopping by. You are always welcome to add your 2 cents, and more!
Thank you for including Sybil\’s quote. I enjoy my visits here.
09.10.2013 \”You are a much neater person healed than you would have been well\”. Beth Moore, Get Out of That Pit
I keep a journal of quotes and phrases too! 🙂
Great! Both the quote and your journaling of quotes and phrases. Doing this once a month helps me categorize my collected sayings–and add pictures, which you see I love to do. Keep them coming, Jenn.
Like a previous commenter, I love Thoreau and this is my favorite:
5.13.90 If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Thoreau
Marian, I love your Purple Passages posts. You do such a lovely job of saving the most meaningful and beautiful quotes and photos.
Blessings,
Sherrey
Thanks for the kind words. You gave me the idea to highlight 1 – 2 quotes amongst the others, and of course I\’ll always include pictures. As \”iron sharpeneth iron . . . !