Besides this page of quotes, I offer a blank book of quotes on nature, writing and self-discovery.
There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith
In order to excel, we must surround ourselves with people who inspire us to fulfill our greatest potential. Molly Cantrell-Kraig
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Jean Cocteau
The art of living lies less in eliminating troubles than in growing with them. Bernard Baruch
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. Unknown
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. Alan Alda
Love alters the physical structure of our brains, enhances immunity and self repair. Love heals. Deepak Chopra
After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true. H G Wells
Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. Amos Bronson Alcott
It makes me laugh to read my diary. What a lot of contradictions…I always write in my diary when we quarrel. Sophia Tolstoy
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. Oprah Winfrey
What you think of me is none of my business. Terry Cole-Whittaker
The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor’s shoulder is to pat him on the back. Unknown
When my journal appears, many statues must come down. Arthur Wellesley
The best portion of a good man’s life – his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. Wordsworth
I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails. Mary Bokin Chesnut
As we unconsciously let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. Marianne Williamson
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. Ray Bradbury
How beautiful a day can be When kindness touches it! George Elliston
The keyboard is my journal. Pharrell Williams
Sometimes I very much doubt whether in the future anyone will be interested in all my tosh. “The unbosomings of an ugly duckling” will be the title of all this nonsense. Anne Frank
Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it seems to me now the one condition necessary to the beginnings of real self-respect. Joan Didion
If someone is not nourishing you, they are draining you. Anonymous
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