Max Ehrmann Quotes

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

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Whether of not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Go Placidly, Amid the noise and Haste & Remember what peace there may be in silence.

May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as will keep me friendly with myself.

Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I wanted to do - Writing.

Lift up my eyes from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars.

Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.

Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Be cheerful . Strive to be happy.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

You are a child of the universe.

Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.

... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Remember what peace there may be in silence.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.Be cheerful.Strive to be happy.

Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.