Quotes of Shirley Abbott

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Within our family there was no such thing as a person who did not matter. Second cousins thrice removed mattered.

- Shirley Abbott

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“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ 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

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

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

- Confucius

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

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

- Ram Dass

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life

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

- Roy Bennett

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightlycolored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ 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

“ Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ To the wellorganized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ Let me take you from Miss to Mrs ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Be supportive of others the way you would want them to be supportive of you. ”

- Ken Poirot

“ Never worry a bit in Life. Always be full of merriment. ”

- sharda sriram

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake