Upham Quotes & Sayings

It is the youngest in the family who tends to the elders to learn about the sacredness of life and the beauty of death. — Misty Upham

My friends. They help me so much. I would not be here without my friends. — Misty Upham

Help, love, forgive, and create beauty. — Misty Upham

My vulnerability is thinking that I am not worth people's time or space at times. — Misty Upham

How idle then is the notion that some entertain, that the establishment of this plan of government will speedily extricate us out of debt, and make us a rich and flourishing people. My opinion is the reverse, that in the complete operation and effect of it, it will be an insupportable burden, that will sink us the deeper under our present embarrassments. — Thomas Cogswell Upham

I serve with my art and creativity. That makes me most happy. — Misty Upham

Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun. — Thomas Cogswell Upham

If we stand in the openings of the present moment, with all the length and breadth of our faculties unselfishly adjusted to what it reveals, we are in the best condition to receive what God is always ready to communicate. — Thomas Cogswell Upham

I have interviewed so many people who are put into nursing homes or hospices and are just waiting to die. It's a very lonely situation to just sit at a window and watch life go by. — Misty Upham

Love. Help with no expectations. Destroy selfishness, self ... At the end of our lives, I believe the soul will be asked, "What did you do for your fellow man?" — Misty Upham

Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;Right hath a power that makes thee strong.The night is dark, but light is near;The grief is short, the joy is long. — Thomas Cogswell Upham

In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery comedies, horror and thrillers, teen movies and love-stories. All these and more will be a positive step towards the future of Native Americans in the world and film industry; an industry that that offers us not only the chance to play the parts of heroes, love interests and warriors, but also of villains, dorks and dangerous, brokenhearted products of circumstance. — Misty Upham

With psychiatric medications, you solve one problem for a period of time, but the next thing you know you end up with two problems. The treatment turns a period of crisis into a chronic mental illness. - Amy Upham (203) — Robert Whitaker

Love is no conditions. Love is given, despite hurt or rejection. Love is life and breath and touch. Love is helping someone live. — Misty Upham

... if only people experienced death earlier, they would know how important it is to show kindness to one another
Gretchen Haight — Emily W. Upham

Put a thorn in every enjoyment, a worm in every gourd, that would either prevent my being wholly thine, or in any measure retard my progress in the divine life. — Thomas Cogswell Upham

If either man or woman would realize that the full power of personal beauty, it must be by cherishing noble thoughts and hopes and purposes; by having something to do and something to live for that is worthy of humanity, and which, by expanding and symmetry to the body which contains it ... — Misty Upham