Have you ever heard or read a quotation that really grabs you? Those are the ones I try to search out and keep in my archives. They don’t have to come from some great mind like Einstein or Stephen Hawking because many of their quotes don’t do them justice. The list below are a few quotes that grabbed me the first time I read them. Let’s see if they grab you . . .

• “What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” Ellen Burstyn

• “The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability he has. Confucius

• “Integrity has no need of rules.” Albert Camus

• “Everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy

• “Misfortunes one can endure – they come from outside; they are accidents. But to suffer for one’s own faults – ah, there is the sting of life.” Oscar Wilde

• “He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.” Joseph Joubert

• “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross in which to burn.” Laurence J. Peter

• “A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.” Doug Larson

• “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself he becomes wise.” Alden Nowlan

• “The older you get, the greater you were.” Lee Grosscup