The ART of living is tied to the HEART of one's thinking.
By the way:
When we create a quote of our own, we naturally draw not just from our own experience, but from all that we have accumulated over time from various sources. Thus there's always the possibility that what we create may come very close to an existing quote.
I've noticed this amongst the quotes of the ages given that I've often found someone of note being credited with a quote that's virtually the same as, or very similar to, someone else of note. And some quotes are credited to the wrong person. So, with that out the way...
Life that's meaningful and rewarding is tied to character and values.
IF THE WORLD WAS MADE UP OF LOVE, GARNISHED WITH TENDER THOUGHT AND CARE,
BAKED IN THE OVEN OF HUMAN KINDNESS, AND REGULARLY DIPPED IN SELFLESSNESS,
IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST OF TREATS, AND A NEVER-ENDING SOURCE OF BLISS.
1. OUR HEART IS ONLY AS HEALTHY AS OUR LOVE
2. WHEN THE WORLD'S FULL OF HUGS AND KISSES, AND COPIOUS BOUTS OF
WHOLESOME LAUGHTER, WE'LL ALL LIVE MUCH HAPPIER EVER AFTER
3. LOVE LIKE YOUR NEED TO BREATHE
4. LOVE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF INTELLIGENCE
5. WHERE SEEDS OF KINDNESS ARE SOWN, LOVE'S LASTING FRAGRANCE IS KNOWN
6. WHEN LOVE'S BEHIND ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO, WE'VE NO
REASON FOR FEAR AND NOTHING TO RUE
7. LOVE IS THE GREATEST ANTIDOTE
8. THE FLAME OF LOVE SHOULD BURN IN EVERY HEART, AND FROM
THE LIFE OF ALL, SHOULD NEVER DEPART
9. LOVE IS THE GREATEST TRUTH, HATE IS THE BIGGEST LIE
10. THE ONLY ARMS THAT THIS WORLD SHOULD INVEST IN IS LOVING ARMS
11. WHEN
LOVE IN ALL ITS SELFLESS, UNTAINTED BEAUTY, GOVERNS THE HEART AND MIND,
NOTHING MARVELS MORE SO; AND EVEN MORE SO, WHERE WITH TRUTH IT'S BEEN COMBINED
12. THAT LOVE IS THE ONLY ANSWER IS PROVEN BY THE FACT
THAT HATE AND INJURY NEVER ARE
13. WITHOUT LOVE, HUMANITY WOULD CEASE TO EXIST, SOON DESTROYED BY GUN AND FIST
16. IF LOVE'S NOT PROPELLING EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO,
THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHAT OR WHO?
17. LOVE IN FULL VOICE SHOULD ALWAYS AND LOUDLY RING, AND YET, HOW OFTEN IS
IT GIVEN THAT CHANCE TO SING?
18. MAY YOUR EARS BE ATTUNED, YOUR EYES PITYING, AND YOUR LIPS ENCOURAGING
19. EVERY HEART SHOULD RAGE AT INJURY, NO MATTER WHO, NO MATTER WHERE,
AND A DESIRE FOR JUSTICE SHOULD SHARE
20. ARMS ARE FOR EMBRACING, HANDS ARE FOR CARING, HEARTS ARE FOR LOVING,
AND BRAINS ARE FOR UNITING
21. LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART, SEARCH WITH YOUR EARS, AND SPEAK WITH YOUR EYES,
22. LOVE, NOTHING LESS; TRUTH, NOTHING BUT; HONOUR, NOTHING LOST
23. WHEN LOVE IS PUT FIRST AND SELF IS PUT LAST, SOCIETY BLOSSOMS
AND RELATIONSHIPS LAST
24. LOVE IS MEDICINE, HATE IS POISON
25. LOVE IS THE GREATEST KINDNESS
26. IF LOVE CAUGHT YOU LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, WOULD
YOU SMILE IN RECOGNITION OR PULL THE CURTAINS?
27. BURN WITH LOVE FOR OTHERS SO THAT THEY WILL FEEL
THE HEAT OF YOUR THOUGHT AND CARE
28. BE THE LOVE YOU WANT
29. DON'T SEEK FOR LOVE BUT SEEK TO LOVE
30. IT TAKES HEART TO CHANGE THINGS
31. EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE AND SAID, SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A LOVING THREAD
32. WE CAN'T LOVE TOO MUCH, ONLY TOO LITTLE
33. LOVE SAYS WHAT OTHERS DON'T AND WON'T, AND THE REASON
WHY IT DOES IS, BECAUSE IT SHOULD AND MUST
34. LOVE WILL REWARD, BUT HATE WILL PUNISH
35. TO LOVE IS TO LIVE, TO HATE IS TO DIE
36. IF LOVE SAW WHAT'S PASSING FOR ITSELF TODAY, IT WOULD BURY ITS
FACE AND RUN AWAY
37. LOVE CAN ONLY DRIVE WHEN IT'S GIVEN THE KEYS
38. LOVE THAT ISN'T FULL AND COMPLETE, HAS NO THRONE BUT A COMMON SEAT
39. IF LOVE WAS ADMIRING ITS REFLECTION, WOULD THAT REFLECTION BE YOU?
40. DON'T LOOK FOR LOVE IN OTHERS, BUT LOOK FOR LOVE IN YOU
41. LOVE'S NOT AN INDULGENCE BUT A STAPLE
42. IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED, LOVE
43. WHERE LOVE'S ABSENT, EVIL'S NOT
44. LOVE SEEKS WHAT'S BEST, DOES WHAT'S RIGHT, AND SAYS WHAT'S TRUE
45. TO LOVE SOMEONE IS HUMAN, TO LOVE EVERYONE IS DIVINE
46. WHERE LOVE IS TRUE AND GOD IS PRESENT, NO ILL IS SEEN
47. LOVE IS PROVEN BY ITS FRUITAGE
48. LOVE ACTS TODAY FOR TOMORROW'S GENERATION
49. THE THING I LOVE ABOUT LOVE IS THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE
50.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE PLUNGE THE DEPTHS BELOW, OR SCALE THE
HEIGHTS ABOVE, IT'S ALL COMPLETELY POINTLESS IF IT'S MINUS LOVE.
51. AT THE CENTER OF LOVE THERE'S ALWAYS A HEART
52. LOVE IS THE HALLMARK OF A TRUE HEART, AND RIGHT IS THE HALLMARK OF A SOUND MIND
The value of your life is set, the usefulness of your life is chosen.
YES, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF A QUOTE, AND MORE SO WHERE IT RHYMES, HAS DONNED
ITS HAT AND COAT (EVEN KEPT UP WITH THE TIMES), THUS BEWITCHING AS MUCH AS INFORMING — SUCCINCTLY, THAT IS — BE IT HERS OR HIS —
AND THUS SOME TRUTH DAWNING, A SENTENCE OR
TWO SUMMARISING A PARAGRAPH
OR TWO, AND THUS OFTEN AS HANDY AS A HANKERCHIEF, HELPING
ONE SEE SENSE
LEST ONE MEET WITH GRIEF, OR SIMPLY HELPING ONE TO UNDERSTAND, AND THEREBY,
SUCH BEING A HELPING HAND, LIKE THE FOLLOWING ONE: ALWAYS FINISH
WHAT YOU'VE BEGUN
(WHICH I THINK I'VE DONE).
A noble character isn't born but bred, and given that via the mind, the heart is fed.
NEVER THINK THAT YOU CAN OUTSMART WISDOM, NOR OUTFOX SENSE, BECAUSE BOTH
WERE AROUND LONG BEFORE YOU, AND STILL EXIST IN THE PRESENT TENSE; AND THUS
WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AS CLEVERNESS — SMART — POSSIBLY COMING AT GREAT
EXPENSE.
1. WE CAN'T ARRIVE UNLESS WE JOURNEY, AND THAT JOURNEY IS PART
AND PARCEL OF OUR ARRIVING
2. IF OUR THOUGHTS ARE SHALLOW AND OUR LIFE IS HOLLOW,
WHAT WILL WE RISE TO, AND WHO MIGHT WE FOLLOW?
3. TOO MUCH WE SAY AND DO SHOULDN'T BE SAID AND DONE
4. DON'T BE A DEVIL, BUT ACT LIKE A SAINT, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO ILL
OR EVIL, CLEVERNESS IT AIN'T
5. WHEN THE HAND TURNS TO ILL, IT'S CLEAR THE HEART'S UNWELL
6. DON'T LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF ANGER OR HATE, LEST THEY SPOIL
YOUR HAPPINESS OR SEAL YOUR FATE
7. DON'T TAKE THE PATH THAT HURTS OR HARMS, BUT THE PATH OF KINDNESS
AND LOVING ARMS
8. BURY INJURY AND PLANT A FLOWER
9. THING'S ARE ONLY SEEN WHEN WE'VE THE EYES TO SEE
10. BEFORE YOU LOOK AT OTHERS, ALWAYS CLEAN YOUR OWN LENS
11. THE BEST UMBRELLA IS WISDOM
12. KEEP THE WONDER IN YOUR EYES, AND ASK A THOUSAND WHYS
13. VALUE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BECAUSE EVEN WHERE THERE IS CHAFF
AMONGST THE WHEAT, THERE'S MUCH VALUE IN TRAVELLED FEET
14. THIS WORLD WOULD BE A NICER PLACE IF THERE WAS A SMILE ON EVERY FACE
15. YOU MAY BE ALIVE, BUT ARE YOU LIVING?
16. THE LIGHT IN MANY EYES IS SNUFFED BY THE DARKNESS IN MANY HEARTS
17. MISTREATMENT CARRIES ITS OWN PENALTY
18. MISTAKES ARE MISTAKES, BUT REGRET NOT SO FORGIVING
19. DEEP IS THE PAIN OF REGRET, AND YET, HOW OFTEN THAT SCENE WE SET
20. THE HANDS OF RESTRAINT HAVE PREVENTED MANY AN ILL
21. A MOMENT OF FOOLISHNESS, AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT, OR AN UNWISE CHOICE,
CAN LEAD TO A LIFETIME OF REGRET, AND THAT PROVERBIAL ECHOING VOICE
22. THINK QUICK WHERE YOU NEED TO, AND SLOWLY WHERE YOU DON'T
23. THOUGH YOU MAY MISS THE MARK, CONTINUE TO AIM FOR IT
24. BROKEN DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN UNFIXABLE, AND NOR DO WOUNDS
ALWAYS CONTINUE TO WEEP
25. WHETHER WE WEAR A SMILE OR NOT, DEPENDS ON OUR MENTAL CLOTHES
26. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF BECAUSE MAN CAN'T HELP HIMSELF
27. EVERY WORD AND ACTION REVEALS OUR HEART, AND ALL HOW WE PLAY OUR CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE PART
28. GIVEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ONE SHOULD EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE
29. WE'VE ENTERED THE WORLD OF AI WHERE LEFT BEHIND WILL BE YOU AND I
30. THE NAKED TRUTH NEVER KEEPS COMPANY WITH BAREFACED LIES
31. MAKE THE MOST OF THE MOMENT BECAUSE THE NEXT MOMENT
THAT MOMENT COULD BE GONE
32. TOO MANY SEEM TO WANT THE NAKED TRUTH COVERED WITH A GARMENT
OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING
33. THE CUNNING AND TRICKERY IN THIS WORLD IS JUST AS DANGEROUS
AS ANY ROGUE ARMY
34. TRIAL BY JURY DOESN'T MEAN ARMCHAIR ENTHUSIASTS
35. THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE IS NOT DECIDED BY EXCUSES, AND NOR IS
THERE ANY PERSON WHO CAN JUSTIFY ABUSES.
36. WAR MAY FORCE A RESULT, BUT IT NEVER PROVIDES AN ANSWER
37. PRIDE IS SOMETHING THAT SETS US UP
38. IN A WORLD LIKE THIS, NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT TO FACE IT ALONE,
AND ALL WHY WE SHOULD VISIT OR PHONE
39. HELP THE WEAK BECOME STRONG, AND HELP THE STRONG BECOME TENDER
40. THE FRAGRANCE OF LOVE OUTSMELLS ANY FLOWER, AND ANY AROMA,
REGARDLESS OF ITS POWER
41. DON'T SPOIL A BEAUTIFUL DAY VIA AN UGLY ATTITUDE
42. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE AT WAR WITH A WORLD OF THEIR OWN CREATION
43. THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY TALE, AND ALL WHY ONE SHOULD MIND COME
SOMEONE'S WAIL
44. BEAR WITH THE STRUGGLER, BUT REBUKE THE SLOTH
45. TO RISE, WE MUST ASPIRE TO GREATER HEIGHTS
46. UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN LOVE WITH LOVE, BULLETS WILL
STILL BE FIRED, AND BOMBS WILL STILL FALL FROM ABOVE
47. STOP WARRING, IT'S KILLING US!
48. THE RIGHT PATH WILL ALWAYS SERVE US WELL, BUT THE WRONG PATH
WILL ALWAYS BRING US ILL
49. WE ALL LIKE TO THINK WE'RE RIGHT, AND YET CAN BE SO WRONG, AND ALL
WHY OPPOSITE VIEWS AND EXPRESSIONS CLEARLY BELONG
50. IF THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES, THE DAY HAS A THOUSAND EARS
51. WE CANNOT CHANGE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, BUT ONLY FROM THE INSIDE OUT
52. EVERY PERSON HAS A NAME, NOT A NUMBER, AND ALL WHY LOVE, THOUGHT
AND CARE SHOULD NEVER BE ABSENT, NOR SEEN TO SLUMBER
53. THOSE WHO RULE WITH AN IRON FIST, ONCE IN THE GRAVE ARE NEVER MISSED
54. LIFE'S THE FRONT DOOR, DEATH'S THE BACK DOOR;
AND IN-BETWEEN, LOVE AND WAR
55. A SIMPLE TOY BRINGS LOTS OF JOY
56. MISTREATMENT IS A DEAD GIVEAWAY
57. HATE CASTS A SHADOW WHEREVER IT GOES
58. EVERY KIND WORD AND DEED IS A HEAVENLY SEED
59. IN THE MIDST OF SOMEONE'S PAIN, WORDS MAY MEAN NOTHING, BUT A LOVING
TOUCH EVERYTHING, AND HOW THEIR CONFIDENCE WE MIGHT GAIN
60. WHEN LEADERS INDULGE IN HYPOCRISY, PROPAGANDA AND FORCE, YOU KNOW
THAT THEY'RE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, BOTH ERRANT AND OFF COURSE
61. BULLYING AND PUNCHING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS THE
FORERUNNER OF TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION
62. THE COST OF INROADS INTO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS MORAL BANKRUPTCY
63. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS THE ENEMY OF AGENDAS, AND HENCE WHY
IT'S ALWAYS THE TARGET OF SUCH OFFENDERS
64. OPEN MINDS AND BIG HEARTS LET ALL HAVE THEIR SAY
65. OUR CHOICE OF PATH DETERMINES EVERYTHING, WHETHER WE'LL HAVE
CAUSE TO CRY OR REASON TO SING
66. TOO OFTEN LESSONS ARE ONLY LEARNT AFTER BRIDGES ARE BURNT
67. IF MY LIFE IS MINE, AND YOUR LIFE IS YOURS, YOU'VE NO RIGHT
TO TAKE MINE, AND I'VE NO RIGHT TO TAKE YOURS
68. LIVE FOR OTHERS, DIE TO SELF, AND TREAT ALL AS YOUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS
69. NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM NOTHING GOOD
70. WHAT
YOU MAY DO FOR OTHERS, OTHERS MAY NOT FEEL ABLE TO DO FOR YOU, SO DON'T
EXPECT, BUT JUST CONTINUE TO GIVE AND SHARE, AND LIFE WILL SOMEHOW
REWARD YOUR LOVING THOUGHT AND CARE
71. ADMITTING THAT WE'RE WRONG IS HOW ONE BECOMES STRONG
72. DECEPTION ALWAYS TRIES TO OUTDO ITSELF
73. TRUTH AND FREEDOM CAN ONLY EXIST WHERE THERE'S NO INTERFERENCE
74. LIFE'S NOT MEASURED BY YEARS, BUT BY SEEDS AND DEEDS
75. WHEN WE DANCE TO THE TUNE OF OTHERS, THEIR FOOTWEAR GIVES US CORNS
76. THE MORE ROOM IN OUR HEART FOR OTHERS, THE LESS ROOM IN OUR HEART FOR ILL
77. CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU ACT
78. NEVER LISTEN TO A LIE EXCEPT TO CORRECT IT
79. THE GREATEST THEFT IS STOLEN RIGHTS
80. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYONE IN ALL OF US
81. OFTEN WHAT ENVY ENVIES ISN'T WORTH ENVYING
82. THE TROUBLE WITH TROUBLE IS THAT IT'S NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
83. PLANTS ONLY GROW WHEN WATERED AND FED, AND SO TOO HUMANS,
VIA WHAT'S DONE AND SAID
84. A LOVE OF TRUTH WILL TAKE YOU WHERE SOME WON'T WANT YOU TO GO
85. THE HEART CAN BE THE CRUELEST OF THINGS, HENCE THOSE CALLOUS
WOUNDS AND HURTFUL STINGS
By Lance Landall
More quotes of my own, like those above, are scattered throughout my website.
The mountain of success rises up from the valley of perseverance.
YES, THERE ARE QUOTES AND THERE ARE QUOTES, THEY SERIOUS OR FUNNY, QUITE SOLEMN
OR SUNNY, AND VERY HANDY AT THE RIGHT TIME, WHETHER THEY DO OR DON'T RHYME, AND I
OFTEN QUOTING THEM MYSELF, YOU KNOW, EVEN CREATING A FEW, YOU KNOW, A QUOTE
WORTH A PARAGRAPH, GOOD FOR REFLECTING ON, OR SIMPLY A LAUGH, SO THERE YOU GO.
