Inspirational Driftwood Quotes & Sayings

Compassion is a mixed passion, composed of love and sorrow. — Noah Webster

As much as I'm not a journalist, I use journalism. And when you photograph a relationship, it's quite wonderful to let something unfold in front of you. — Annie Leibovitz

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know. — Haruki Murakami

Most inspirational writers were born as driftwood and will say they have been beaten against every shoreline during their life. We understand storms. We understand drowning. We understand being devalued. We understand being stranded alone on a beach. God made us this way so we would know where every lighthouse can be found and tell others how to find them. We were never meant to stand on the beach with you because every rescue we do rescues ourselves. We always go back to the sea because that is where driftwood belongs
forever searching for answers to our endless questions and sharing what we learned ... (2012, Writer's Conference) — Shannon L. Alder

I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water. — Ted Danson

You don't become a poet if you want to make any money. — Claudia Rankine

It was one thingfor a person who didn't really know me to act distant, but it was quite another for someone to get to know me and then back away. — Curtis Sittenfeld

The tone and tendency of liberalism ... is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress. — Benjamin Disraeli

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics! — Arthur Rimbaud

Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn't expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome. — John Wooden

Your struggles and tears will NEVER be wasted but will be transformed into a healing balm after your victory, release and manifestation comes. You've won already. Hold on just a little while longer. Everything will be alright. We serve a God whose Name is FAITHFUL. — Theresa Pecku-Laryea

I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses to combat the glare. — Sophia Amoruso

You wouldn't cancel your insurance policy in the middle of a hurricane, and you shouldn't sell silver when it takes a tumble. Like any insurance, silver's value will pay out over time, not day by day. — Howard Ruff

A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it — Jack Welch