Quotes September 14, 2023

If you do not expect it, you will not find the unexpected, for it is hard to find and difficult.
Heraclitus, 500 B.C. – Greek Philosopher
 
 
 
 
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
Ronald Reagan
 
 
 
 
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
Lucille Ball
 
 
 
 
I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.
Joan Miro,
painter, sculptor, ceramicist
 
 
 
 
Take risks. Don’t stand on the sidelines. Get involved. It’s your life.
Barbra Streisand,
singer, songwriter, actor, filmmaker
 
 
 
 
Like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker.
Joseph Conrad,
writer
 
 
 
 
“Everything has to be earned, through work, persistence, and honesty.”
Princess Grace Kelly
 
 
 
 
“I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.”
Ann Richards
 
 
 
 
“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself … that’s where it’s at.”
Jesse Owens
 
 
 
 
“When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength, and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you.”
Ruby Bridges