Quotes, sayings, and words worth keeping.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Day by day, what you do is who you become.
— Heraclitus
He does only what is his to do, and considers constantly what the world has in store for him — doing his best, and trusting that all is for the best.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.4
Remember that you are an actor in a play, which is as the author wants it to be. For it is your job to act well the part that is assigned to you; but to choose it is another's.
— Epictetus, Handbook 17
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
— Epicurus
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.
— Haruki Murakami
There is nothing better than peace in Christ, for it brings victory over all the evil spirits on earth and in the air.
— St. Seraphim of Sarov
Judge yourself — and you will stop judging others. Judge a poor deed, but do not judge the doer.
— St. Seraphim of Sarov
Those who resemble the honeybee only see the good in everything they see. The person who has good thoughts, no matter what he sees, maintains a positive and good thought.
— St. Paisios of Mt. Athos
...the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
— Walt Whitman, O Me! O Life!
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
— Sarah Williams
It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
When a child gives you a gift, even if it is a rock they just picked up, exude gratitude. It might be the only thing they have to give, and they have chosen to give it to you.
— Dean Jackson
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson