Favorite Quotes
April 22nd, 2009 by ToniOn Simplicity and Living Well
And, yes, no doubt to others, our ways seem quaint, but, today of all days, it is bought home: It is no bad thing to celebrate the simple life. ~~ Bilbo Baggins
Life is not measured by the number of times we breath in and out, but by the number of times we are breathless.
The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate. ~~ Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues, moralist and essayist (1715-1747)
The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving - with passion and compassion, and humor and style, and generosity and kindness. ~~ Maya Angelou
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. - William Morris
We do the best we can and when we know better, we do better. ~~ Maya Angelou
Harboring resentment is like giving yourself a dose of poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. ~~ Eleanor Roosevelt
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going
Contentment is not getting what you want. It is wanting what you get.
Time flies whether you are having fun or not.
If there is a better way, find it. ~~ Thomas Edison.
On Parenting
For as hard as you think parenting will be, you wind up wishing it were that easy!
The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant. ~~ Jane Sellman-
Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine. ~~ Frank Oski, M.D., retired editor, Journal of Pediatrics
Something is only work if you would rather be doing something else.
Training means learning the rules. Experience means learning the exceptions
What you say and how you say it are inseparable to the hear that hears it.
On Faith
God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to. ~~ Elisabeth Elliot
On Education
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds. ~~ Plato
A great set of quotes! I found your blog while searching for the Bilbo Baggins quote - my favorite!
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