A Few Favorite Quotes

Quotes are just such lovely little synopses of life wisdom. They inspire; they give hope. 

For a reason I can't quite recall, I pulled up an old Word document I had made in college. It was composed of quotes from textbooks, philosophers, writers, bloggers, classmates. It was seventy-six pages long. Seventy-six. Clearly, I should have spent more time studying.  

So, here are the following from my archives. I've included pretty pictures for no reason other than the fact they are pretty. And beauty and words naturally just go together. 

"There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity." - Washington Irving

"We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship." - C.S. Lewis

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." - Victor Hugo

“You must understand – I don’t have to feel happy to be happy.” - Anonymous 

(I love that quote - not everything around me needs to be perfect for me to have joy.)