Quotes of Lewis H. Lapham

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Youth as glimpsed by its elders is a story that comes from afar, showing itself as either lovely to look at or a torment to endure.

- Lewis H. Lapham

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

- Maya Angelou

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ”

- Laura Lynch

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ I miss everything about you Can’t believe that I still want you And after all the things we’ve been through. ”

- Colbie Caillat

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

- Max Ehrmann

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ We are mathematical equations where your life is the sum of all choices you've made until now. The good news is you can change the equation so that you start making a difference in your life. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ 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

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ You are everything I never knew I always wanted. ”

- Fools Rush In

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ She believed she could so she did. ”

- Unknown

“ When love is pursued, fear is surrendered, and you gain the freedom to worship in spirit and in truth. ”

- Deborah Brodie

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das