Quotes of Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full and scratch where it itches.

- Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. ”

- Haruki Murakami

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. ”

- John Atkinson

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ 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

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem

“ Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ True love is taking the risk that it won’t be a happily. ever. after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, “I’m not afraid to believe in you.” ”

- Cara Lockwood

“ True Love is not something that will ever happen in an instant....because the summary of our lives is not in an instant. Love at First sight is just infatuation. True Love.....is like a fine wine. It has layers upon layers of depth and flavor, all of which gets better if it is aged and cared for correctly. True Love is the gradual deep understanding of your Spouse, and a spiritual empathy towards them. As they get older, and change, you eagerly continue to turn pages of your lives together, studying and empathizing with a person that you do not need to be defensive or suspicious of. ”

- sangeeta mann

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. ”

- J. M. Barrie

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson