Make a child a painting and he'll be happy for a day. Teach a child to paint and he'll be miserable for… — Christopher Willard Copy Share Image
I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
I think I would have been a lot more miserable and discovered a lot less of things I liked if I hadn't… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
When the Spirit of God moves within us, we must move with Him or be miserable. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your mind; don’t let future disturb you.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I shake my head in unfortunate assent...in any life age and stage to this necessary truth one must be able to maintain… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets,… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
A spirit of criticism, if indulged in, leads to a censoriousness of disposition that is destructive of all nobler feeling. The man… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
A greater number of God's creatures believe in Mahomet's word at this hour than in any other word whatever. Are we to… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Why I Wake Early Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields and… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
She had spent all her life in feeling miserable; this misery was her native element; its fluctuations, its varying depths, alone save… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes.… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I wanted to try and get out of the stereotypical Geordie girl. I stopped wearing fake tan and wore WAG dresses. But… — Scarlett Moffatt Copy Share Image
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Nearly everywhere Buddhism went, there had been a higher level of literacy, even in miserable Burma, not to mention Thailand and Sri… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Alaska's chief attractions are: (a) its small and insignificant human population, thanks to the miserable climate; and (b) its large and magnificent… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I was drinking a lot of bourbon. I was miserable. I was starting to get work, but it wasn't remotely satisfying. It… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
I try to paint from life, but I had such a miserable experience with Bonaparte, who wouldn't sit still and kept mumbling… — Roman Genn Copy Share Image
