“…I will not say the doctrine I have always taught, but the doctrine I should always have liked to teach. That is the idea of taking things with gratitude, and not taking things for granted.”
Also sometimes quoted as, “When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
“I’m not sure it even matters what the artist thought they wanted when they sat down to create the work. The art itself seems to want something, to make a change in the world. And the ability to create art like that belongs to each of us.”
“Often when we feel we deserve love the least is exactly when we need it from ourself the most.”
“Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change. Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things He can change.”
-Hate to say it, but this seems to be Anonymous
“May all that has been reduced to noise in you, become music again.”
<<Blogger’s note: I’m taking a quick vacation and will be back Thursday. Go touch grass. ❤️>>
“Past tears are present strength.”
-George MacDonald, Phantastes
“Confidence isn’t thinking you are better than everyone else, it’s realizing that you have no reason to compare yourself to anyone else.”
“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
–Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography.
“The most lost of all days, is that in which we have not laughed”
-Probably Nicolas Chamfort, from his original quote of “La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l’on n’a pas ri.”
Often accredited to Charlie Chaplin, Steve Martin, or Groucho Marx
“Surrender is the strongest, most subversive thing you can do in this world. It takes strength to admit you are weak, bravery to show you are vulnerable, courage to ask for help.”
-Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
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