Quotes of Mary Oliver

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Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

- Mary Oliver

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

- Chesterton

“ 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

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ 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

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ Woman is a delicate creature with strong emotions who has been created by the Almighty God to shoulder responsibility for educating society and moving toward perfection. God created woman as symbol of His own beauty and to give solace to her partner and her family. ”

- Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ You don't need a million dollars in the bank. You just have to have passion, hustle and drive ”

- Daymond John

“ Love is blind, they saybut isn't it more that love makes us see too much? Isn't it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher

“ Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones? ”

- Elizabeth Scott

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Fairies with gossamer wings, Bring forth beauty, grace and joyful things. Fairies of the earth are caretakers of our soil, water and trees, They watch over beautiful creatures such as bears, bunnies and bees. Fairies ask that you breathe in and appreciate the vantage point from which you stand, Then trod carefully and respectfully with each intentional step you make across this beautiful land. ”

- Molly Friedenfeld

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Repentance is not at an end, Instead it’s the beginning of how it ends. ”

- Yeth Bisto