Tag Archive for: quotations

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

“We read to know we are not alone. “
-- C.S. Lewis

"Don't make excuses -- make good."

-- Elbert Hubbard

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” 

― C.S. Lewis

I haven't seen this for some time and as always it strikes a chord. He was so eloquent, was Mark Twain, a wonderful example, and in this case, so inspiring.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain

"Fear is nothing except a drain of energy and not a power unto itself.
Trust in yourself, for therein lies the true power."

-- Lori Hard

Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party."

- Jimmy Buffett

“Aerodynamically a bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.”

-- Mary Kay Ash