Stephen Doster > Quotes

“In one day, life placed before you a series of lessons, each with its own important message, and the best you can do is come away with a single, pessimistic observation? That is not a pattern of thought that will serve you well over the years. It is certainly not a pattern that leads to happiness. I would suggest that if you wish to avoid becoming embittered by degrees, you should look for the positive lesson in all instances.”
― Stephen Doster, Lord Baltimore: Memoires of the Adventures of Ensworth Harding, How he was abandoned on a highway by his father his sufferings on a barrier island his ... and notorious adventureres witih all t

“Don't rely on memory alone. Memory has a way of skewing what actually happened into what should have happened. You cannot learn from what should have been, only from what was.”
― Stephen Doster, Lord Baltimore: Memoires of the Adventures of Ensworth Harding, How he was abandoned on a highway by his father his sufferings on a barrier island his ... and notorious adventureres witih all t