Carol > Carol's Quotes

“Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace

“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes....”
― Frederick Buechner

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

“The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days.”
― Sue Monk Kidd

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Scatter joy!”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If good happens, good; if bad happens, good. ”
― Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching: A New English Version

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“Listen. Your life is happening. You are happening. Think back on your journey. The music of your life...”
― Frederick Buechner, The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days – A Spiritual Chronicle of How God Speaks in Everyday Moments from Childhood to Seminary

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
― St. Francis Of Assisi

“But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.”
― Walt Disney Company, 12 Princess Stories

“Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort.”
― Walt Disney

“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
― Walt Disney

“Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.”
― Walt Disney

“When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.”
― Walt Disney

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.”
― Henry Ford

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
― Walt Disney

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”
― Walt Disney

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”
― Bessie Anderson Stanley, More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS

“Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
― St. Francis Of Assisi

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?”
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan and Wendy