C. Z. Guest Quotes

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

Spring's greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out.

People will call you anything. It's up to you either to pick up the phone or not.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

You can't really dust for vomit.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.

I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.

You know it's important to have a Jeep in Los Angeles. That front wheel drive is crucial when it starts to snow on Rodeo Drive.

I've always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend.

The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to the lives we live. Let Thy love and let Thy grace Shine upon our dwelling place.

The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

The most important things is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.

Gardening is the best therapy in the world.

I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There’s only so much you can wear.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

And you can win, though you face the worst, if you feel that you're going to do it.

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we get so far apart so fast?

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.

Make peace with what is.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Life is not a series of pathetic, meaningles actions. Some of them are so far from pathetic, so far from meaningless as to be beyond reason, maybe beyond forgiveness.

I call myself, 'The Estee Lauder of the garden world.' I'm my own little conglomerate.

I've never been one to tear the social fabric.

It matters not what goal you seek - its secret here reposes: you've got to dig from week to week - to get results on roses.

Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear

You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear.

I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and Im enjoying it.

And do not be paralyzed. It is better to move than to be unable to move, because you fear loss so much: loss of order, loss of security, loss of predictability.

For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.

I had a terrible job letting me do anything that wasn't comedy.

For Age is not alone of time, or we should never see men old and bent at forty and men young at seventy-three.