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Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay Quotes

It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his

It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
True Friend, Sacrifice, Motherhood
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.27

Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Wise, Time, Use

Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Assuming, Assume Nothing
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.9

time spent in being interrupted is not time lost. ... How do we know but that the interruption we snarl at is the most blessed thing that has come to us in long days?

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Blessed, Long, Lost

Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Strive, Cease, Fearlessness
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.8

Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Character, Inspiring Others, World

It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Embarrassment, Idiocy, Distress
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.10

Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Spiritual, Worry, Littles

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Worry, Soul, Moments
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.9

Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Life, Letting Go, Years
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.8

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