Quotations and Literature Forum

We once had a favorite quotations thread on this forum that was popular; I'd like to revive it. My own "favorites" change frequently. Here's one that strikes me as timely and meaningful today:

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." - Theodore Roosevelt

How about one from each of you?

I've come to the conclusion that Einstein was the most brilliant human being in every aspect of the idea of brilliance. I love this one.

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

I also love a sentiment by a woman by the name of Plum. She says something like There is a place I may go where all my thoughts are important, my sorrows are comforted . . . your arms is my favorite place to be. The quote is in a notebook that I don't have with me. It's beautiful. That could just stem from my romantic nature but I love it....
Laeskia

"In peace, Love tunes the shepard's reed;
In war, he mounts the warrior's steed;
In halls, in gay attire is seen;
In hamlets, dances on the green.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below, and saints above,
For love is heaven, and heaven is love."
~ Sir Walter Scott, from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"

hmmmm that's a tough one. I have a couple of quotes or sometimes prayer that I keep with me. Besides my signature my favorite for today would have to be:

"The profound essence of peace is not the absence of crisis but the calm state of mind, founded by the strength in the faith, amidst the troubling storm."

I'll try to think of one tom.

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God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that can’t be changed, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

.... this one perhaps

Gratitude is the parent of happiness.

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God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that can’t be changed, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

-Charles Swindoll

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God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that can’t be changed, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

A recent addition to my collection and a favorite:

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
-- Douglas Adams

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Michael Moncur
Owner and maintainer, The Quotations Page

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The conciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.~Oscar Wilde

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
- Bette Davis

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God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that can’t be changed, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back. - Charlie Brown

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God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that can’t be changed, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
- Pythagoras

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God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that can’t be changed, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. -Albert Einstein

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them. -Lily Tomlin

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. -Gore Vidal