Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar Of Inspiration Quotes
Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.
Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.
Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.
Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.
Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.
It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.
A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.
Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.
The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.
A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.
Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to "season" people.
The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.
In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart.
Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.
There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.
Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.
The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.
A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?
Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.
The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.
Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror -- its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again.
A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit.
Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.
Money is like fire. It is only good when there's just the right amount of it, when it's properly contained and under your control.
Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright.
In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either.
Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.
One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.
To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!
People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist real
The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale...
Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey.At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.
I'll tell you a secret.Old storytellers never die.They disappear into their own story.
Luck is not as random as you think.Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.
Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all...
Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true name? to respond when called.Ever wonder why?.
A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it.But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target.So does gossip.
It's a commonly expressed and rather nice, romantic notion that we are all "sisters" and "brot
Is it folly to believe in something that is intangible? After all, some of the greatest intangibles are Love, Hope, and Wonder.Another is Deity.The choice to be a fool is yours.
I am happy.I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve.I am happy.
Hope is the last thing that dies.Maybe because hope is one of those dratted things that is truly, honestly, genuinely immortal.
Science is an organized pursuit of triviality.Art is a casual pursuit of significance.Let's keep it in perspective.
Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind.Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exult
Relief is a great feeling.It’s the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the neg
Some women seem so voluptuous in every sense, richly bountiful and fertile with generous gifts of plenty, sensual and confident in their female strength that they are called "earth mot
A woman is human.She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.Likewise, she is never less.Equality is a given.A woman is human.
Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true
A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing.
One of the strangest things is the act of creation.You are faced with a blank slate—a page, a canvas, a block of stone or wood, a silent musical instr