quotes for girls
I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for him and gaucheries for me. ~Jane Rule
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work. ~Henry Moore
I am my own heaven and hell! ~J.C.F. von Schiller
The chains that bind us most closely are the ones we have broken. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~Henry Van Dyke
Beauty... is the shadow of God on the universe. ~Gabriela Mistral, Desolacion
Looking back on a happy life, one realizes that one was not happy all the time. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies. ~J.K. Rowling, "The Beginning," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, spoken by the character Albus Dumbledore
...the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it... ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God. ~Austin O'Malley
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. ~Voltaire
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. ~Robert S. Lynd
There are no illegitimate children - only illegitimate parents. ~Leon R. Yankwich
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. ~Katharine Houghton Hepburn
I believe that social media's greatest gift is in providing every person the forum to be themselves, speak their heart & soul. ~Jeb Dickerson, April 25, 2009 on Twitter (@JebDickerson), www.howtomatter.com
History gives answers only to those who know how to ask questions. ~Hajo Holborn, History and the Humanities
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. ~Charles de Gaulle, War Memoirs, 1960
Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport. ~Philip Wrigley
Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994 Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. ~Colette
