Posts tagged quotes.
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men, and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory is a benediction."
— inaccurately attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson or Robert Louis Stevenson. In fact, it was written by Bessie A. Stanley of Lincoln, Kansas, in 1905.
"The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain."
— Chinese proverb
"The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away."
"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair."
"Our sons need never be soldiers, Our daughters will never need guns, These are the years between, These are the years that were hard fought and won."
— Forgotten Years, Midnight Oil, 1990
