I have a sidebar called Favorite Quotes, but I wanted to post these in the main blog stream to draw attention to them. I had seen the James Joyce quote somewhere, and I got off on a rabbit trail looking for it in Bartleby.com, which has a bit of everything, but I couldn’t locate the Joyce quote. Then I remembered the Brainy Quote site, much easier to navigate in my opinion, and quickly found the Joyce quote:
Illustration/quote from brainyquote.com
Here are a bunch more quotes. Read and enjoy. I included the specific link to the site for each quote if you are interested in learning more about the author. The quotes aren’t organized in any specific way.
“Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.”
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
“Don’t lose sight of feeling good about yourself and you will never hunger for true friends and a rich life.”
“Believe in yourself. Think and say: ‘I am. Therefore, I am! Friends accept me for what I am, not for any materialism on or about me, whether ragged or luxurious.'”
Richard Rex (friend, writer)
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Man Feeding Gulls
“I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.”
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
“To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”
“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
“If you will hold to my teaching, then you are my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32)
Ducks on Creekside Marsh
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that’s fine.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
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