Quotes by Writers

Common sense is not so common. Voltaire

Sense Common

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Voltaire

Life God Gift Living Gave Ourselves Give Well Up Us

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. Rudyard Kipling

God Made Everywhere Could He Mother's Day Mothers Therefore

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire

You Believe Those Atrocities Absurd Make Commit Who

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss

Smile Over Cry Because Happened

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving

Sad Love Grief Speak Tears Power Overwhelming Eloquently Mark Thousand Weakness Ten More Sacredness Unspeakable Than Contrition Deep Tongues

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. Dr. Seuss

Christmas Thought Come Maybe Store

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard

Friendship You Knows Friend Same Just Loves Who

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand

Motivational Man Creative Achieve Others Beat Motivated Desire

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. H. L. Mencken

Day Great Heart Will Glorious White White House Folks Some Adorned Moron Reach House Plain Land Downright Last Desire

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Washington Irving

Great Others Minds Great Minds Purposes Wishes

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr. Seuss

Today Birthday You Alive No-One True Truer Than Who

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. Anne Frank

Good Heart People Believe Despite Everything Really

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Denis Waitley

Happiness Love Spiritual Gratitude Experience Grace Living Every Earned Worn Minute Spiritual Experience Consumed Owned Cannot Traveled