Quotes November 12-16, 2023

The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me — a small disk, 240,000 miles away. It was hard to think that that little thing held so many problems, so many frustrations.
I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the Earth rising in the distance over the lunar landscape — it makes us realize that we all do exist on one small globe.
Frank Borman,
astronaut, aeronautical engineer, businessperson
1928-2023
 
 
 
 
Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.
Cassandra Clare – Writer
 
 
 
 
If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
Erica Jong – Novelist-Satirist
 
 
 
 
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly,
writer, literary critic
 
 
 
 
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory — let the theory go.
Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
Agatha Christie,
writer
 
 
 
 
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
Nikki Giovanni – Poet-Writer
 
 
 
 
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau – 1817-1862 – Essayist
 
 
 
 
How to get it right? It’s always a bit of a gamble.
As I’ve been inching along, I’ve felt more and more free.
Annette Bening,
actor
 
 
 
 
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey – Actress – Talk Show Host – Producer – Philanthropist
 
 
 
 
Joy is gratefulness unbound.
Joe Primo – Author
 
 
 
 
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest apreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy – 1917-1963 – Politician-35th President of the United States
 
 
 
 
Train your mind and heart to see the good in everything. There is always something to be grateful for.
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