Turning 40 Positive Quotes & Sayings

A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition. — Juan Ramon Jimenez

Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards. — Aeschines

The first time I asked a girl on date, well, I actually wrote out something like a flow chart of how the conversation might go — Kawakami Hiromi

In the morning you wake from one bad dream and another begins. — Italo Calvino

What I'm starting to realize is that when you conform, people are not accepting you for who you are. They're accepting you for who they think you are. — Kaiylah Muhammad

Life is not only a journey but also an adventure. — Debasish Mridha

All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment - divested of affectation and free from all pretense. — Henry Fuseli

Anything pursued and attained as a supposed compensation for the lack of self-love is ineffective and can get downright ugly. — Jesse D. Jennings

Strength means ... acknowledging each of those feelings, your questions and ideas and faith and terror, and meeting what comes with the full force of your heart. — Brenda Shaughnessy

Silence is a sounding thing, To one who listens hungrily — Gwendolyn B. Bennett