Delightful Quotes

“Has joy any value in the operations of evolution?  I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick
extinction.  Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and
without courage all other virtues are useless.”
~ Edward Abbey from Desert Solitaire



“To live is to feel oneself lost.” ~Jose Ortega Y Gassest


“Happiness is the sense that one matters.” ~Sarah Trimmer

"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers."
~ M. Scott Peck

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” 
~Romans 5 3-5

“When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.” ~Arland Gilbert