Sue Monk Kidd

STATUS QUOtes — 20201204

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

***************

 

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Nothing beautiful can be summarized.” — Paul Valery

“The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.” — Sue Monk Kidd

“Lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.” — William Hazlitt

“I feel like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. To the man who asked how he liked it he said: ‘If it wasn’t for the honor of the thing, I’d rather walk.'” — Abraham Lincoln

 

***************

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
See previous STATUS QUOtes HERE

Thousands and thousands of quotes delivered since 2011!

 
**********

All original content on this blog is copyrighted by Jeffrey B. Ross with ALL Rights Reserved. While reference links back to JBRish.com are appreciated and encouraged, please acquire approval for any reproduction of original content from this website.

©Jeffrey B. Ross 2014 – 2020 — JBRish.com


STATUS QUOtes — 20200409

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” — Winston Churchill

“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” — Thomas Merton

“Once you know the truth, you can’t ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.” — Sue Monk Kidd

“I’m very perfectionistic and very lazy, which is a terrible combination.” — Robert Stone

 

See previous STATUS QUOtes HERE

Thousands and thousands of quotes delivered since 2011!

 

**********

All original content on this blog is copyrighted by Jeffrey B. Ross with ALL Rights Reserved. While reference links back to JBRish.com are appreciated and encouraged, please acquire approval for any reproduction of original content from this website.

©Jeffrey B. Ross 2014 – 2020 — JBRish.com


STATUS QUOtes — 20150222

Jeff

“Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” — Malcolm Gladwell

“Within every acorn there is the dream of an oak tree.” — JBR inspired by Sue Monk Kidd

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” — Emile Zola

“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.” — Quentin Crisp

STATUS QUOtes — 20150213

Jeff

“To be prepared is half the victory.” — Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist

“He speaketh not, and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“You do your rebellions any way you can.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” — Erma Bombeck

STATUS QUOtes — 20150207

Jeff

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” — Vincent van Gogh, Dutch artist

“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” — Charles Dickens

“Extra blankets will be placed in all your rooms and there’ll be no additional cover charge.” — Groucho Marx