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Beach Quotes

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

“Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.” — Michelle Held

“A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a card.” —Farmer’s Almanac

“I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine.” —Sri Sathya Sai Baba

“The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.” —Isak Dinesen

“Sponges grow in the ocean. That just ‘gets’ me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn’t happen.” —Stephen Wright

“I have always loved the beach. The smell of the salty water, the wind in my face, the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm.” —Anonymous

“I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.” — T. S. Eliot

“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” —Robert Henri

“My life is like a stroll on the beach…as near to the edge as I can go.” —Thoreau

“Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone.” —Anonymous

“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” —Jacques Cousteau

“I dropped a tear in the ocean, and whenever they find it I’ll stop loving you, only then.” —Anonymous

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” —Mother Teresa

William Somerset Maugham Quotes

Posted on May 28, 2011May 28, 2011 by

Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn’t want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Cheer Up Quotes

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. – Anaïs Nin

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. – Mark Twain

May God grant you always… A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you. – Irish Blessings

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. – Marianne Williamson

You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. – Walter Hagen

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Life’s too short to be anything… but happy. – Anonymous

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama