Quotes are meant to inspire, encourage and make us smile.
Whenever one winks, I jot it down.
Writing:
You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tell the truth, but tell it slant…Emily Dickinson
Writing is like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way…E. L. Doctorow
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere…Anne Lamott
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way…Ernest Hemingway
Take your broken heart, make it into art…Carrie Fisher
Everything’s copy…Nora Ephron
Motivation:
Do what you love, and the Maserati will follow…Marianne Williams
Be so good they can’t ignore you…Steve Martin
Almost everything will work again if you unplugit for a few minutes, includingyou…Anne Lamott
Follow your bliss…Joseph Campbell
Loss:
When you’re going through hell, keep going…Winston Churchill
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Funeral Blues…W.H.Auden
Light a candle, and keep on dancin’…Allen Ginsberg
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel...Maya Angelou
Remember, it’s just a ride…Bill Hicks
Hope:
Be the change you want to see…Mahatma Gandhi
You never can pay too much for peace of mind…Patti Smith
I do not understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us…Anne Lamott
The opposite of faith isn’t doubt, it’s certainty…Paul Tillich
Don’t give up before the miracle…The Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous
It’s in the giving, that we receive…St. Francis of Assisi
Love:
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time…Maya Angelou
Two souls with but a single thought. Two hearts that beat as one…John Keats
In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love…Mother Teresa
When all is said and done, we’re just walking each other home…Ram Dass
I don’t know about you, but I smiled, just a little.