When I come across a quote - usually it's from an artist of some kind, and that includes the whole pantheon of artists: writers, painters, actors, etc. - that really moves me, I like to record it. Now I have a nice little collection of inspirational quotes that truly cheer me whenever I pull them up on my laptop.
Here are a few:
I’ve found that writing is just as difficult and lonely as it was before I won the Oscar. Matheny
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly ... to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never ... this is my symphony. --William Henry Channing
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great - RW Emerson
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. George Burns
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist; that is all. Oscar Wilde
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. R. Frost
I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing that the human race had unfortunately invented for itself. -- Agatha Christie
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. ~~W. E. Henley
One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time. Graham Greene, author of 26 novels, who had a daily quota of 350 words
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