Quotes of Orison S. Marden

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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

- Orison S. Marden

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“ 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

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

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

- Gandhi

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ How can I put the Auras back in the chest?” I asked, terror boiling inside my stomach. “You can’t. Not if those that were or will be struck by them won’t be eager to express their feelings and let you help them. You do not change people, dearie. It’s the people that change themselves. You’re the Guardian, but they’re the bearers,” the Oracle whispered. “I’m no Guardian. I’m doomed!” I said and I knew that this was true. ”

- Victoria Moschou

“ 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

“ My love for you does not recognize boundaries, distances, borders, or timezones! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld

“ Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. ”

- Jack Thorne

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

- Mother Teresa

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours] ”

- Taylor Swift

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Living with a purpose in life is more fulfilling than living a rich lifestyle without a purpose. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

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

- Plato

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

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

- William Wordsworth

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ 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

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka