Recounting Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

Do not dump your woes upon people â€” keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. — Elbert Hubbard
In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society… — Mircea Eliade
If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences, confronting its problems, searching for… — Harry Allen Overstreet
You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for… — Shannon Lucid
Counting blessings is better than recounting problems — Russell M. Nelson
A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to… — Jean-Paul Sartre
In recounting our woes, we often soothe them. — Pierre Corneille
Poetic language is singularly appropriate for recounting the life of the king who is traditionally accepted as the author of the poetic psalms, some of… — Robert Pinsky
One often calms one's grief by recounting it. — Pierre Corneille
Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual. — Paul Tournier
Everything comes down to this: the reason for every word I have written and every word I will write. I am recounting my life for… — Arthur Japin
See," he began, leaning back into the booth, "I was at this car dealership today, and I saw this girl. It was an across-a-crowded-room kind… — Sarah Dessen
Recounting the strange is like telling one's dreams: one can communicate the events of a dream, but not the emotional content, the way that a… — Neil Gaiman
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and falsehoods committed in… — C.S. Lewis
Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives. — Hugh Mackay
We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating ourselves at the… — Peter Brooks
Life is a perfect garden to be shared with the people you love... Although the garden may fade in time.... the precious memories of all… — Brian

Who Wrote These Recounting Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 17 Recounting Quotes as follows: