Lilian Whiting Quotes & Sayings

It is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate. — Lilian Whiting

To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing — Lilian Whiting

Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to the opportunity, - what more could be said of the highest success in life? — Lilian Whiting

When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time. The vision always precedes, and itself determines the realization. — Lilian Whiting

Love is the reality of the soul. — Lilian Whiting

True socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them,
that is another matter ... — Lilian Whiting

Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply
fascinating. — Lilian Whiting

History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet's dream ... — Lilian Whiting

The vision always precedes the realization — Lilian Whiting

To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal. — Lilian Whiting

No one has success until he has the abounding life. This is made up of the many-fold activity of energy, enthusiasm and gladness. It is to spring to meet the day with a thrill at being alive. It is to go forth to meet the morning in an ecstasy of joy. It is to realize the oneness of humanity. — Lilian Whiting

Service is the joy-giving factor in daily life. It is as spontaneous as light, as subtle as electricity, as exhilarating as sunshine. It exists primarily as a spiritual attitude. It lies in the constant recognition of the brotherhood of humanity toward each and all with whom we come in contact. — Lilian Whiting

The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to the education of time and of development ... One does not argue or contend with the foul miasma that settles over stagnant water; one leaves it and climbs to a higher region, where the air is pure and the sunshine fair. — Lilian Whiting