Peggy Toney Horton Quotes & Sayings

The mind can't delete what the heart won't let go of. — Peggy Toney Horton

As the old year retires and a new one is born, we commit into the hands of our Creator the happenings of the past year and ask for direction and guidance in the new one. May He grant us His grace, His tranquility and His wisdom! — Peggy Toney Horton

My mother's laughter was infectious - like a cheerful tune that lingers in your mind for the rest of the day. — Peggy Toney Horton

Happiness is a butterfly that often eludes your grasp, then suddenly alights on your shoulder, sits for a spell and moves on. — Peggy Toney Horton

What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one. — Peggy Toney Horton

Writing unlocks the heart and soul that we might be receptive to God's blessings. — Peggy Toney Horton

Iciness enshrouds my body - a foretaste of death's chill. — Peggy Toney Horton

Your mission in life is to determine what you believe
not to accept what someone else tells you to believe. — Peggy Toney Horton

God always provides a pleasant memory to help ease the pain of a bad experience. — Peggy Toney Horton

When I cease to enjoy what I'm doing, then I shall do something mundane ~ like clean my house. — Peggy Toney Horton

Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become our mothers. — Peggy Toney Horton

Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I shall recall the memory of warm, sunny, late summer afternoons like this one, and be comforted greatly. — Peggy Toney Horton

Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Laughter is to the soul what sunshine is to a flower. — Peggy Toney Horton

The human spirit is a magnificent entity. Just when we think we can stand no more, something significant touches our soul ... and life goes on. — Peggy Toney Horton

When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney Horton — Peggy Toney Horton

Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year - the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer. — Peggy Toney Horton

Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul ... but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October. — Peggy Toney Horton

Like a dying ember, the child in us can flare up again when we least expect it.. — Peggy Toney Horton

Where did the time go? Yesterday, I was a girl, and today, I suddenly find myself in the autumn of my years with the cold winds of winter breathing down my neck. — Peggy Toney Horton

I love the night! It's not uncommon for me to see the light of a new day before closing my eyes on the old one. — Peggy Toney Horton

Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song. — Peggy Toney Horton

It is very important that we have the capacity to love many different things or people at the same time. Our love should radiate like the sun, warming everything it touches. — Peggy Toney Horton

Somehow, I think your first love must be like your first dog
no matter how many come after, you never forget your first! — Peggy Toney Horton

Even in death, my mother smiled - and she had every reason to do so, for I had become precisely what she hoped I would - her mirror image. — Peggy Toney Horton

What is writing, after all, except fumbling in darkness endeavoring to light a candle? — Peggy Toney Horton

As I drift through the autumn of my life like a fallen leaf blown about by the winds of time, I sometimes ponder my destiny. — Peggy Toney Horton

Life is like music on a scale, shifting up and down. When your life is over, your song has been written. — Peggy Toney Horton

Writing unlocks the heart, mind and soul that we may be receptive to God's blessings. — Peggy Toney Horton

I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God! — Peggy Toney Horton

My heart swells with emotion each time I recall the sweetness of my youth! — Peggy Toney Horton

Do what makes you happy; don't be afraid to color outside the lines. — Peggy Toney Horton