Manzanos Lake Quotes & Sayings

Did I read because I was lonely, or was I lonely because I started to read? — Grace Metalious

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. — John Lennon

There is a loveliness to life that does not fade. Even in the terrors of the night, there is a tendency toward grace that does not fail us. — Robert Goolrick

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

He prizes me as a soldier would a good weapon, and that is all. [ ... ] Can I receive from him the bridal ring, endure all the forms of love [ ... ] and know that the spirit was quite absent? Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment he bestows is a sacrifice made on principle? No: such a martyrdom would be monstrous. I will never undergo it. — Charlotte Bronte

Ones life will have much more meaning and happiness if one makes their own decisions — Duncan William Gibbons

Jackie smiled graciously and did her part, the noblesse oblige she had talked about. I almost wished she'd been rude to them, since I had to hold the elevator door open for a long minute while she signed one of the briefcases with a Magic Marker. There were distant chimes, indicating that somebody else wanted the elevator, and the door kept thumping me as it tried to close and answer the call. — Jeff Lindsay

All anyone needs in life is a goal and the will to reach it! — Rod Lewin

Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable. — Honore De Balzac

I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities to study people; and every time I went out on the stage I tried to show the audience some bit of true human nature. — W.C. Fields

I can't speak for Aeschylus or Epictetus or Aristotle. But I am convinced of this: they would have hated having their wisdom confined to classrooms and textbooks. This is wisdom about how to live. And it's your property as much as anyone's. It is yours. Take it. Use it. — Eric Greitens