Historicalfiction Familysaga Quotes & Sayings

My life is my testimony. — L.M. Fields

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too. — Harlan Coben

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln

But just as misery cannot crawl across an endless path, so does the trail of happiness occasionally reach a sharp end." - The Last Gift — Carla Acheson

There are six teachings that you might misinterpret: patience, yearning, excitement, compassion, priorities, and joy. The misinterpretations are: You're patient when it means you'll get your way but not when your practice brings up challenges. You yearn for worldly things but not for an open heart and mind. You get excited about wealth and entertainment but not about your potential for enlightenment. You have compassion for those you like and admire but not for those you don't. Worldly gain is your priority rather than cultivating loving-kindness and compassion. You feel joy when your enemies suffer, but you do not rejoice in others' good fortune. — Pema Chodron

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability. — Christian Nestell Bovee