Quotes of Ian Hay

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War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.

- Ian Hay

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“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Rise as a human being live as a legend work as a Messiah and you shall see the bright glorious change all around you. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ Her smile was innocent and naive as if she didn’t know anything other than to love and be kind to others. ”

- Mariyam Hasnain

“ Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. ”

- Anne Frank

“ I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you. ”

- Cynthia Hand

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ So many reasons to hate and still I choose to love anyway... ”

- Samiha Totanji

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux