Quotes & Excerpts

I’ve got a few of these lined up to share. Some are passed on by friends (a big thank you to Syib!) while others are just captions I feel are really nice to think about.

 “Gambate!” (Japanese for ‘all the best’) – Amira

“Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” - Edward V. Rickenbacker

“Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking.” – John Maynard Keyes

“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave from reflection.. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles into death.” – Anon.

“Love starts from the eyes, grows with dreams, and ends with tears but FRIENDSHIP starts with a smile, grows with an understanding, and there’s no ending..”

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars..” – Charles Austin Beard

“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise..” – Sara Teasdale

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton.

 ”A good listener is usually thinking about something else” – Kin Hubbard

“Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience” – Laurence J. Peter

“They say wise men talk because they have something to say; while fools talk because they have to say something..” – Wildcat