Dave’s Daily Quotes

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~ Stella Adler  

Feelings are everywhere–be gentle. ~ J. Masai  

Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild. ~ Alexis Delp  

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them. ~ Norman Vincent Peale  

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, wealth may seek us; but wisdom must be sought. ~ Edward Young  

He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. ~ Andrew Lang

Dum anima est, spes est. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin:  While there is life, there is hope.)

Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories. ~ Polybius

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. ~ William Hazlitt

Nature has given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. ~ Epictetus

Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~ Dorothy Fuldheim  

Wow!  I thought I was having déjà vu but it turns out I do the exact same things every day.

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts… ~ William Shakespeare  

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. ~ Gustave Flaubert

We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands. ~ Gustave Flaubert  

A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss. ~ Gustave Flaubert

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. ~ Gustave Flaubert  

Be nice. The world is a small town. ~ Austin Kleon  

Draw the art you want to see, make the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read. ~ Austin Kleon  

No Thing is original.  It says it right there in the Bible.  Ecclesiastes:  That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. [1:9]  

All advice is autobiographical. ~ Austin Kleon  

We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. ~  Dr. Konrad Adenauer  

When you write, you can hide behind your words.  When you talk, you are up front, like the clown in the midway booth; and passersby can bean you with a ball. ~ Willard R. Espy

Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.  ~ African Proverb  

There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.  ~ Tennessee Williams