“Somehow, something always happens just before things get to the very worst. It is as if Magic did it. If I could only just remember that always. The worse thing never quite comes.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in, you may never get over it as long as you live.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage.
"It makes me feel as if something had hit me," Sara had told Ermengarde once in confidence. "And as if I want to hit back. I have to remember things quickly to keep from saying something ill-tempered.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in--that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charles Dickens
“Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.”
― Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
“Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
― Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.”
― Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.”
― Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
― Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.”
― William Shakespeare L.M. Montgomery
“We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
― L.M. Montgomery William Shakespeare
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― William Shakespeare
Kenzie Howells
The Lord will help us where we are weak, but it is up to us to practice.
-- Kenzie Howells
Bunyan
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
-- Bunyan
Anonymous
If you were busy being kind,
Before you knew it, you would find
You’d soon forget to think ‘twas true
That someone was unkind to you.
If you were busy being glad
And cheering people who were sad,
Although your heart might ache a bit
You’d soon forget to notice it.
If you were busy being true
To what you know you ought to do,
You’d be so busy you’d forget
The blunders of the folks you’ve met.
-- Anon.
Anonymous
When life seems just a dreary grind,
And things seem fated to annoy,
Say something nice to someone else
And watch the world light up with joy.
--Anon.
J.R. Miller
The Problem of Life
There are so many possibilities in life, in attainment and achievement, and so many opportunities of doing good, that it is a glorious thing to live. Surely, then, we ought to make the most of our life.
The ideal life is one of joy. The face ought to be shining--shining even in darkness. People say this is a sad world, yes, for those who have eyes only for shadows. He who has songs in his heart hears songs wherever he goes.
-- Dr. J. R. Miller
Samul Smiles
Great results cannot be achieved at once, and we must be satisfied to advance as we walk -- step by step.
-- Samuel Smiles
Lucile Veneklase
Life Is Too Short
Life is too short for words that hurt;
For subtle thrusts and for phrases curt;
For motives unkind and for sharp retort--
For any of these, life is too short.
--Lucile Veneklase
Phillip Brooks
Be such a man, and live such a life,
That if every man were such as you,
And every life a life like yours,
This earth would be God’s paradise.
--Phillip Brooks
Anonymous
Faith is the vision of the heart; it sees God in the dark as well as in the day.
--Anonymous
Anonymous
The Life That Counts
The life that counts must toil and fight;
Must hate the wrong and love the right;
Must stand for truth, by day, by night--
This is the life that counts.
The life that counts must helpful be;
The cares and needs of others see;
Must seek the slaves of sin to free--
This is the life that counts.
--Anonymous.
Mason
If we put off repentance another day, we have a day more to repent of, and a day less in which to repent.
-- Mason
Anonymous
If you are tempted to lose patience with your fellowmen, stop and think how patient God has been with you.
--Anon.
Karl Maeser
If you want excuses, go to the Devil -- he can give you any number of them.
-- Dr. Karl G. Maeser
James Garfield
If wrinkles must be written upon your brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
-- James A Garfield
Cicero
Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself.
-- Cicero
Christopher Morley
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
-- Christopher Morley
Peter Shaffer
The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.
-- Peter Shaffer
Kenzie Howells
There are always angels lining our path; sometimes they are just harder to see.
-- Kenzie Howells
Benjamin Franklin
"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”
-- Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws are so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
--James Madison
James Madison
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
--James MadisonJames Madison
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
-- James Madison
James Madison
"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." --James Madison
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