Quotes

My journals are riddled with random quotes that I noted from books. My Pinterest boards are more words than home décor. Goodreads? More like Goodquotes. I took my collection and applied them to the letters. The letters are only found by one person & I want to share my favorites with you all. Here’s the list of the quotes…

My Favorite Quote

Be excellent to each other. Bill S. Preston & “Ted” Theodore Logan

Kindness is always fashionable. Amelia Barr

Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile. Anonymous

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu

Kindness is like snow: it beauties everything it covers. Khalil Gibran

My rebellion is kindness. Lady Gaga

In the end, only kindness matters. Jewel

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. Henry James

You never regret being kind. Nicole Shepherd

When you see a person without a smile, give them one of yours. Zig Ziglar

Kindness is a lighthouse that endlessly guides my journey. Celeste Cooper

Never underestimate the power of kindness or rest. Give yourself copious amounts of both. Chani Nicholas

Keep a good heart. That’s the most important thing in life. Joni Mitchell

How is your love life, he asked. It’s wonderful, she said. My whole life is love. Maryam Hasnaa

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Maya Angelou

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. Johann von Goethe

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Erich Segal

All you need is love. but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Charles M. Schulz

Always listen to your heart, because even though it’s on your left side, it’s always right. Nicholas Sparks

I let my music take me where my heart wants to go. Cat Stevens

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. Zelda Fitzgerald

All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love. Johnny Cash

Love loves to love love. James Joyce

What is done in love is well done. Vincent Van Gogh

As long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive. Gloria Gaynor

Love is the closest thing we have to magic. Jay Ann

Where there is love there is life. Mahatma Gandhi

Spread your love everywhere you go. Mother Teresa

Live wildly. Fall willingly. Love softly. Kiana Azizian

Oh, 'tis love, that makes the world go round! Lewis Carrol

A heart filled with anger has no room for love. Joan Lunden

'Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes: But the name of the secret is Love! Lewis Carroll

Love comes in every color. Jason Naylor

Love is the answer. John Lennon

Fight hate but don’t forget to spread love. Replace the weeds with seeds of good and they will grow, otherwise new weeds will simply take their place in the empty plot. It’s a constant exercise. Spread love and it will prevail. bell hooks

Miracles, my friend are a different thing entirely. From what I can see, miracles are built from love, and as far as love is concerned, I am a true believer. Lorna Landvik in “Oh My Stars”

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. Jack Kerouac

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. e.e. Cummings

Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. J.M. Barrie

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. E.B. White

Even miracles take a little time. Fairy Godmother, Cinderella

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. E.B. White

If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all. John Green

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Neil Gaiman

Darling, the moon is still the moon in all of its phases. Isra Al-Thibeh

If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you’ll never be able to dance. Iris Johansen

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. e.e. Cummings

Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared then you’re not doing it right. Sarah Addison Allen

Embrace the glorious mess that you are. Elizabeth Gilbert

Your fear of looking stupid is holding you back. RuPaul

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. Coco Chanel

Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters. l.k.

Be yourself is all that you can do. Chris Cornell

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Maya Angelou

Look, we’re all a little weird. We’re all a little wacky (some more than others) but if it works, it works. Dean Winchester, Supernatural

I wanna be defined by the things I love not the things I hate… you are what you love. Taylor Swift

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me. Zadie Smith

Be the weirdos who dare to enjoy. Elizabeth Gilbert

There is a magic about you that is all your own. D.M. Dellinger

What makes you different or weird that’s your strength. Meryl Streep

You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender. John Mark Green

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. Mary Oliver

Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. Shel Silverstein

It’s far more radical and dangerous to have hope than to live hemmed in by fear. Suleika Jaouad

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hope is a small rebellion. Morgan Harper Nichols

Wherever you go go with all your heart. Confucius

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. Robin Craig Clark

Hope is not a dream, but a way of making dreams become reality. L.J. Cardinal Suenens

Once you choose hope anything's possible. Christopher Reeve

No matter how dark it gets there’s always good in the world. John Krasinski

Where flowers bloom, so does hope. Lady B. Johnson

Light tomorrow with today. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I would never have chosen this path, but I am very glad to be who I am, here. Audre Lorde

Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is. Chad Sugg

Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful. Hazrat Inayat Khan

If you want to view paradise, Simply look around and view it. Pure Imagination featured in Willy Wonka written by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr

It’s the little things in life that lead to the big. Rose Zadra

The test of all happiness is gratitude. G.K. Chesterton

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon

Now is a good place to be. Waylon Lewis

Never underestimate the big importance of small things. Matt Haig

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor. H. Jackson Brown Jr.

We’re almost there and nowhere near it. All that matters is we’re going. Lorelei Gilmore on Gilmore Girls

You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it yourself. Glinda in The Wizard of Oz

Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give. William Steig

A tiger doesn’t proclaim his tigritude, he pounces. Wole Soyinka

Don’t dream it, be it. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world. Malala Yousafzai

Adventure is worthwhile. Aesop

Take chances, make mistakes, get messy! Miss Frizzle

It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them. Michael Jordan

Courage is found in unlikely places. J.R.R. Tolkien

We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Oprah WInfrey

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. Joss Whedon

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau

You are braver than you believe and stronger than you think. Christopher Robin

Courage, dear heart. C.S. Lewis

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ruth Ann Schabacker

Everyone forgets Icarus also flew. Jack Gilbert

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help. Calvin, Bill Watterson

Sometimes I’m the mess. Sometimes I'm the broom. On the hardest days, I have to be both. Rudy Francisco

My life is like tofu - it’s what gets added that makes it interesting. Angela Johnson

My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot. Ashleigh Brilliant

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waived off the dessert cart. Erma Bombeck

…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths. Mark Nepo

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. Laura Ingalls Wilder

I cut an inch off of every straw I see just to make the world suck a little less. Jarod Kintz

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. Anita Roddick

There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes. The Fourth Doctor Who

Don’t let your ice cream melt while counting someone else’s sprinkles. Akilah Hughes

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but ‘more than words’ will never hurt me. Chuck Klosterman

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? Steven Wright

When you know what’s important, it’s a lot easier to ignore what’s not. Marie Forleo

At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb

When your heart speaks, take good notes. Judith Campbell

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott

That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. Jhumpa Lahiri

A good book is an event in my life. Stendhal

A book is a device to ignite the imagination. Alan Bennett

So many books so little time. Frank Zappa

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. William Lyon Phelps

May you find that which you seek, in these pages or outside them. Christopher Moore

Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?  David Baldacci

A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. Neil Gaiman

There is more treasure in books than in all pirates' loot on Treasure Island. Walt Disney

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better. George R.R. Martin

I am on a curiosity voyage and I need my paddles to travel. These books are my paddles - these paddles - are my paddles. I need my paddles! Dustin Henderson, Stranger Things

We read to know we are not alone. C.S. Lewis

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy. Charmaine Harris

A book is a gift you can open again and again. Garrison Keillor

There is more treasure in books than in all pirates loot on Treasure Island. Walt Disney

One must dare to be happy. Gertrude Stein

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J.R.R. Tolkien

Follow your bliss. Joseph Campbell

I’ve decided to be happy because it’s good for my health. Voltaire

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared. Jane Porter

Happiness is an inside job. William Arthur Ward

Find joy in the journey. Thomas S. Monson

We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. Henri JM Nouwen

To travel is to live. Hans Christian Andersen