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May you find comfort and joy in these encouraging quotes by Iris Murdoch.
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied
by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
- Iris Murdoch
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Falling out of love is very enlightening.
For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
- Iris Murdoch
He who can no longer pause to wonder
and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.
- Albert Einstein
I leave no trace of wings in the air,
but I am glad I have had my flight.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha
Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
If we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome.
- Anne Bradstreet
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences.
No one can eliminate prejudices -
just recognize them.
- Edward R. Murrow
Do not let Sunday be taken from you.
If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
- Albert Schweitzer
Say NO to the demands of the world.
Say YES to the longings of your own heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.
- Anonymous (often attributed to Abraham Lincoln)
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
- Helen Keller
There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
I say NO to the demands of the world.
I say YES to the longings of my own heart.
There is nothing I ever need to have.
There is nothing I ever need to do.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.
We give our own meaning to time as to life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Travelers, there is no path.
Paths are made by walking.
- Antonio Machado
Choose with no regret.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong
Where there is no accusation of "fault,"
there can be no anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do or do not, there is no try.
- Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need
but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
- 1 John 3:17
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Through humor, you can soften some
of the worst blows that life delivers.
And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be,
you can survive it.
- Bill Cosby
There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less
than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man,
but he is brave five minutes longer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For man with no forgiveness in heart,
life worse punishment than death.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
- Muhammad Ali
Some things will never seem adequate
no matter how hard we try.
- from the movie White Man's Burden
Begin to act from your dominion.
Declare the truth by telling yourself
that there is nothing to be afraid of,
that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
- Ernest Holmes
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."
Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When ordinary life shackles me,
I escape, one way or another. No more walls.
- Anais Nin
This is no time for ease and comfort.
It is time to dare and endure.
- Winston Churchill
Dance like no one is watching,
love like you'll never be hurt.
Sing like no one is listening.
Live life like it's heaven on earth.
- Anonymous (various attributions and alternate phrasings)
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Compassion blooms where there is no expectation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
- William Blake
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
We would never have a word for Joy
if there were no suffering.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars,
or sailed to an uncharted land,
or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
- Helen Keller
Be careful not to do your good deeds
when there's no one watching you.
- Tom Lehrer
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
- George Washington Carver
Use what talents you possess.
The woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there,
except those that sang best.
- Henry Van Dyke
Imagine ... Imagine no religion.
- John Lennon
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -
unless you let him.
- Napoleon Hill
I have no need to conform to the stereotypes
others have defined for me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Without forgiveness, there is no future.
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
No more walls.
- Anais Nin
Courage is doing what you're afraid to do.
There can be no courage unless you're scared.
- Eddie Rickenbacker
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
- Confucius
Can you imagine a life with no fear?
What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?
- Max Lucado
One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Formula to live your dream:
1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.
- William James
Have NO EXPECTATIONS.
Life will not meet your expectations.
Choose joy anyway.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Dreams are renewable no matter what our age.
- Dale Turner
Forgiveness is not always easy.
At times, it feels more painful
than the wound we suffered,
to forgive the one that inflicted it.
And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
- Marianne Williamson
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