Quotes
15TH DECEMBER 2023
I have forgotten much, but still remember the poinsettia’s red, blood-red in warm December.
— Extract from Flame Heart by Claude McKay
It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
— Mother Teresa
Some people change when they see the light... others change when they feel the heat.
— Caroline Schoeder
My work is like a dialogue between me and unseen powers, like alchemy.
— Cai Guo-Qiang
We are living in a period which all too readily scraps the old for the new.... as a people, we are in danger of forgetting that the new is not true because it is novel, and that the old is not false because it is ancient.
— Joseph Kennedy
Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you.
— Eileen Elias Freeman
From the intricate patterns of spider silk to the ephemeral beauty of a butterfly's wings, nature's artistry is most vividly expressed through its smallest inhabitants.
— Tom Turpin
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
— Iris Murdoch
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
— Walt Disney
Mankind is so made that we can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
— Anatole France
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
— James Allen
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, and whoever he is.
— C.S. Lewis
Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul
— Wassily Kandinsky
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou
As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas, and colours enough to paint the beautiful things I see.
— Vincent van Gogh
What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them?
— P. C. Cast
Embroidery (em-broi-duh-ree) the art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle.
— www.dictionary.com
It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.
— Joe Moore
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
— Michael Caine
If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
— W. Somerset Maugham
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
— Carl Sandburg
I don't think outside the box, I think of what I can do with the box.
— attributed to Henri Matisse
The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Put your own twist to it. That's how you say relevant. Or things get old and boring.
— Lil Durk
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.
— Thomas Watson, Sr.
Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind.
— Seneca
Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal.
— Charles E. McKenzie
Butterflies can't see their wings. They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.
— Naya Riviera
Design isn't just about making things beautiful; it's also about making things work beautifully.
— Roger Martin
Happiness, I have grasped, is a destination, like a strawberry field. Once you find the way in, there you are, and you'll never feel low again.
— Rachel Simon
Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.
— Albert Einstein
The ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises—a speckled spectacle of spring, a fashion statement on the wing, a miniature orange kite, a tiny dot-to-dot delight
— J. Patrick Lewis
Every good conversation starts with listening.
— Tom Haak
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
— John 3:16
As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
— Marianne Williamson
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
— Abraham Lincoln
In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.
— Coco Chanel
Like beads on a string, we are all connected, each one important in creating the whole.
— Unknown
We do not learn from experience; we learn from reflecting on experience.
— John Dewey
Spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.
— Susan Taylor
A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.
— Robert Orben
History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
— David McCullough
The stories we live and tell provide coherence and meaning and orient our sense of purpose.
— Sharon Daloz Parks
Adversity is preparation for greatness.
— Andy Andrews
Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.
— Seth Godin
I have learned that the language of stitching is universal and that nobody is excluded.
— A Fine Cell Work Stitcher
Art is the stored honey of the human soul.
— Theodore Dreiser
Make time to celebrate your accomplishments, no matter how big or small.
— Unknown
To love your habits is to love your days, and to love your days is to love your life.
— James Clear
I love creating and being able to see an idea come to fruition. I love making beautiful things.
— Stacey Bendet
A big life is made of small joys.
— Ingrid Fetell Lee
For any movement to gain momentum, one must start with a small action.
— Adam Braun
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it everyday.
— Henri Nouwen
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
— Henry Ford
Books open windows to the world.
— Ralph Lauren
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
— Theodore Bikel
Action is the foundational key to all success.
— Pablo Picasso
If you have knowledge, let others light their candle in it.
— Margaret Fuller
Just a second can be spent taking a picture but hours can be spent reminiscing over the memories in it.
— Unknown
Legacy is not what I did for myself. It’s what I’m doing for the next generation.
— Vitor Belfort
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
— Vincent van Gogh
The more time you spend attending to the things that make you happy, the happier you will be.
— Paul Dolan
My favourite pastime is letting time pass by, having time, taking time, wasting time, living out of time’
— Françoise Sagan
Strong roots produce beautiful leaves.
— Unknown
Mastering the art of idleness can make you more creative, less stressed and better at problem solving.
— Eva-Maria Bobbert
Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.
— Chanda Kochhar
Always find time for the things that make you happy to be alive.
— Unknown
The key to keeping your balance is knowing when you’ve lost it.
— Anonymous
Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
— Ryan Holiday
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere efforts, intelligent direction and skilful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
— William A Foster
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
— Eckhardt Tolle
Becoming serious is a grievous fault in hobbyists. It is an axiom that no hobby should either seek or need justification. To wish to do it is reason enough.
— Aldo Leopold
You have to be displaced from what’s comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, new eyes.
— Amy Tan
Rest is not the absence of activity but the presence of peace.
— Jo Saxton
Life’s modest moments can be captured in a creative piece and carry cherished memories for decades.
— Maggie MacKellar
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
— Napoleon Hill
Pay attention to the things you are naturally drawn to. They are good for your soul.
— Unknown
Sometimes, it turns out, the smallest of tools can help us sort through the largest of feelings
— Michelle Obama
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
— Nelson Mandela
One should never criticise his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood.
— Charles Horton Cooley
Do the work and the results will handle themselves.
— Tony Gaskins
Find your why and you’ll find your way.
— John C Maxwell
A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life.’
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent.
— H Jackson Brown Jr
Instead, she paused. She waited. She savoured. And in the savouring, her spirit was satisfied.
— Hannah Brencher
No great thing happens suddenly.
— Rebecca West
I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.
— Unknown
Once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed how much more life she had time for.
— Unknown
Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
— Randy Pausch
For every minute spent organising, an hour is earned.
— Anonymous
Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
— Phil McGraw
Life is a story. What does yours say?
— Unknown
The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
— Charles R Swindoll
I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
— William Shakespeare
Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.
— Jana Kingsford
Making things easy is hard.
— Ted Nelson
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
— Saul Bellow
Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to the result.
— Bob Proctor
I am always going to be learning new things and that’s a really beautiful space to flourish in.
— Hannah Brencher
Life is a balance between spontaneity and planning. You can’t be spontaneous all the time and you can’t get stuck planning.
— Ravi Shankar
And it all began with one small win.
— Charles Duhigg
As you practice slow and intentional stitching, your life, your attitude, your creativity, your health, your spirituality… all of it will benefit as a result.
— Mark Lipinski
There is so much life to be lived in the in-between.
— Trina McNeilly
Clutter in its highest and most organised form is called collecting.
— Ada Louise Huxtable
Blessed is he who has learned to admire and not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
— William Arthur Ward
We all have a bag. We all pack differently.
— Hannah Brencher
The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
— Stephen Covey
It is a happy talent to know how to play.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
— Albert Einstein
If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.
— Richard Branson
We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.
— CS Lewis
We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.
— Max Depree
Collect things you love, that are authentic to you, and your house becomes your story.
— Erin Flett
When the seasons shift, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome.
— Kristin Armstrong
Give yourself the permission to pause to create sacred space. The space to consciously choose how you want to respond to any situation.
— Dr Debra Reble
Mastery is a product of consistently going beyond our limits.
— Stewart Emery
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
Life’s little rituals can turn an ordinary day into an extraordinary day.
— Unknown
Great people do things before they’re ready.
— Amy Poehler
Never mistake activity for achievement.
— John Wooden
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
— Desmond Tutu
It is true there is ebb and flow, but the sea remains the sea.
— Vincent van Gogh
The mundane and the sacred are one and the same.
— Alan Watts
Immerse yourself in a life that moves you, because what you surround yourself with becomes your life.
— Topaz
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.
— Gustave Flaubert
I want to smile at what I see.
— Ingrid Fetell Lee
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
— Vincent van Gogh
New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.
— Zig Ziglar
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Will Durant
Approach the new year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
— Michael Josephson
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
— Dr Wayne Dyer
Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.
— Alan Cohen
The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.
— Unknown
Happiness lives inside the smallest moments.
— Christy Ann Martine
Choices are the hinges of destiny.
— Edwin Markham
Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
— Ralph Marston
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world.’
— Robert McKee
Progress is not inevitable. It’s up to us to create it.
— Michael Bloomberg
The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
— Stephen R Covey
Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.
— Mary Kay Ash
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
— Robert Bresson
Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends. ’
— Brian Tracy
One day we will be more creative, more productive and yet more relaxed.
— Francesco Cirillo
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
— Lao Tzu
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
— Eckhart Tolle
Joy is what makes life worth living.
— Ingrid Fetell Lee
Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind.
— Robin S Sharma
The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things.
— Ruth Reichl
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
— Leo Tolstoy
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
— Albert Einstein
The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.
— Dieter F Uchtdorf
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
— Frances of Assisi
The ripple effect of small things is extraordinary.
— Matt Bevin
Each moment of joy is small, but over time, they add up to more than the sum of their parts.
— Ingrid Fetell Lee
Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.
— John de Paola
A master is a beginner who kept beginning.
— Mastin Kipp
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
— Arthur Ashe
Flourishing is the product of the pursuit and engagement of an authentic life that brings inner joy and happiness through meeting goals, being connected with life’s passions and relishing in accomplishments through the peaks and valleys of life.
— Dr Lynn Soots
Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity.
— Neil Blumenthal
A designer knows when he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
You were born enough. Nothing you say or do will ever add to or subtract from who you are.
— Jenny Layton
Waste is not waste until we waste it.
— Will.i.am
Love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort and keep on learning.
— Carol Dweck
Comparison is the thief of joy.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
— Helen Keller
I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.
— Gina Bellman
The most crucial task is to forge more life into your day. This does not mean new to-dos; it means less. It means creating space to think, walk, eat, sleep, read, love & dream.
— Brendan Burchard
We shape our (spaces) and then our (spaces) shape us.
— Winston Churchill
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal and new life.
— Janine di Giovanni
I want my (space) to be a place of sustenance, a place of invitation, a place of welcome.
— Mary DeMuth
The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity.
— Dan Stevens
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.
— Michael Phelps
Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.
— Brené Brown
And then she realised that a fresh start was hers for the taking, that she could be the woman she’s always seen on the distant horizon – her future self. One step at a time. Starting today.
— Life on Purpose
What if we simply accept that life is messy, we stop looking for perfect and embrace what is?
— A Life in Progress
Look for reasons to be grateful – even when you’re struggling. Taking time to give thanks for even the smallest blessings can help you appreciate the good things in your life.
— Amit Sood
Let’s go window shopping and make a list of what we would buy if we could.
— Unknown
Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.
— Mandy Hale
I live on the other side of yes. That’s where I find abundance and opportunity
— Unknown
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
— Maya Angelou
Connection is why we are here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
— Brené Brown
Every once in a while it doesn’t hurt to wish for a fairy godmother, a little magic and a happy ending.
— Jeanette Winterson
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
— George Sand
Real craftsmanship, regardless of the skill involved, reflects real caring, and real caring reflects our attitude about ourselves, about our fellow men and about life.
— Spencer W Kimball
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
— Bob Goff
Embrace the seasons and cycles of your life. There is magic in change.
— Bronnie Ware
You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.
— Henry Louis Mencken
Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in what takes place between the dream and the reality.
— Garth Brooks
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
— John Evelyn
Combine the extremes, and you will have the true centre.
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.
— Ann Voskamp