Lovely Quotes

• All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

  James Russell Lowell

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  1867 'Rousseau and the Sentimentalists', in the North American Review, Jul.

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  There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  "Table Talk" by Martin Luther, (p. 292), 1569.

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• I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows grey
  Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way,
  And every Bulrush on the river bank
  A Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.

  Oliver Herford

  Cat, Angel, Thinking

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  One word
  Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
  That word is love.

  Sophocles

  Love, Life, Wedding

  "Oedipus at Colonus". Play by Sophocles, Lines 1616-1618,

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  If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

  Roald Dahl

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

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• The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

  Richard Bach

  Love, Good Morning, Happiness

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• You are beautiful and perfect and lovely HOWEVER you are.

  Ariana Grande

  Beautiful, You Are Beautiful, Perfect

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• We accept the love we think we deserve.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Inspirational, Tattoo

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Inspiring, Letting Go

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.78, Harmony

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• What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• Darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream.

  Taylor Swift

  Nightmare, Daydreaming, Blank Space

  Song: Blank Spaces, 2014

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• The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep...

  Robert Frost

  Tattoo, Running, Taken

  "Stopping byWoods on a Snowy Evening" l. 13 (1923)

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• It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

  John Updike

  Memories, People, Easy

  John Updike (2009). “My Father's Tears: And Other Stories”, p.202, Random House

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• If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

  Saadi

  Heart, Eye, Impression

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• Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

  Rumi

  Beautiful, Eye, Made

  Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.5, Shambhala Publications

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• A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

  Garrison Keillor

  Love, Funny, Christmas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

  Rupert Brooke

  Summer, Nature, Laughter

  Cambridge Review 8 Dec. 1910, "Sonnet"

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• That lovely things exist is a lovely thought.

  Robert Walser

  Lovely Things

  Robert Walser (1990). “Masquerade and other stories”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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• Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

  William James

  Love, Life, Gratitude

  "How About a Little Hope?" by Litsa Dremousis, www.esquire.com. July 30, 2007.

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• One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

  Bob Marley

  Funny, Music, Wisdom

  Song: Trenchtown Rock

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  The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Happiness, Happy, Beauty

  Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.2238, Delphi Classics

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• I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Funny Inspirational, Children

  Anne Lamott (1994). “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year”, Fawcett

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• Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions.

  Michael Wright

  Christian, Practice, Generosity

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• The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.

  J. G. Holland

  Secret, Unselfish, Being Loved

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