Myrtle Reed Quotes - Page 3

Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than his living competitors.

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

Marriage is the process by which a woman deprives herself of an escort.

The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.

I have a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within himself the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the executive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield - and the emotions of a rabbit.

when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.

Art, if it is art, will develop in whatever circumstances it is placed.

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

Some women are born to be married, some achieve marriage, and others have marriage thrust upon them.

If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.

It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.

But somewhere on the great world the sun is always shining, and, just so sure as you live, it will sometime shine on you.

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

Revolution is obstructed evolution.

Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.

There isn't a new sorrow in the world -- they're all old ones -- but we can all find new happiness if we look in the right way.

In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we will - before by faith, and afterward by memory.

When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.

Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

... no matter how one's heart aches, one can do the necessary things and do them well.

If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.

... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.