Quotes December 15, 2020

You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.
John Mason
 
 
 
 
I love those who can smile in trouble.
Leonardo da Vinci
 
 
 
 
Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
Ann Patchett,
writer
 
 
 
 
The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.
The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.
John le Carre,
writer
1931-2020
 
 
 
 
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”
Paul Boese
 
 
 
 
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
Corrie ten Boom
 
 
 
 
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.”
Henri J.M. Nouwen
 
 
 
 
People have to forgive. We don’t have to like them, we don’t have to be friends with them, we don’t have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don’t we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!”
C. JoyBell C.
 
 
 
 
“If he can’t handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person’s soul.”
Shannon L. Alder, 300 Questions LDS Couples Should Ask Before Marriage