Simple Things Quotes

242 quotes by 216 authors

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing. — Oscar Wilde
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. — Paulo Coelho
It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will… — Donald Miller
she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty — Charles Bukowski
So the Dark did a simple thing. They showed the maker of the sword his own uncertainty and fear. Fear of having done the wrong… — Susan Cooper
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance… — John Grogan
He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that… — Richard Bach
Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find… — Paulo Coelho
Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist… — Colum McCann
We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up. — Esther Forbes
We don't want to lose you Lord Rahl. We don't want to go back to way things were." She sounded on the verge of tears.… — Terry Goodkind
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the simple… — William George Jordan
Africa is people" may seem too simple and too obvious to some of us. But I have found in the course of my travels through… — Chinua Achebe
Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find… — Jamaica Kincaid
simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them". — Paulo Coelho
I don't care if I'm loved back, I still want to love someone.ï¿½Someone, from the bottom of my heart...ï¿½Straightforward, unwavering...ï¿½It seems like such a simple… — Ai Yazawa
We build deep and loving family relationships by doing simple things together, like family dinner and family home evening and by just having fun together.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me… — Bil Keane
I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things. — Paulo Coelho
The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and… — Patrick Rothfuss

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