Quotes for anniversaries and events
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Amy Bloom (1953) Fiction writer, screenwriter, social worker, psychotherapist
“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
T.S. Eliot book Four Quartets
Variant: For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
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Source: Four Quartets
“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair
Vol. II, ch. 2.
Source: Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
“Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.”
Helen Steiner Rice (1900–1981) American poet
“As long as there's life, there's hope.”
Tamora Pierce (1954) American writer of fantasy novels for children
“When you know better… You do better.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Helen Schucman (1909–1981) Clinical Psychologist
Jesus' Course in Miracles (2000) by Helen Schucman and William Thetford, Ch. 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions, p. 162
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 73
“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (1938) American historian
Source: Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
Source: The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
“The best protection any woman can have… is courage.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) Suffragist and Women's Rights activist
“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”
Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist
Variant: You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
Source: Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
Judy Garland (1922–1969) actress, singer and vaudevillian from the United States
As quoted in Business Etiquette for the Nineties : Your Ticket to Career Success (1992) by Lou Kennedy, p. 8
Variant: Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.