QUOTES MISC.I
by
*Gypsy Joy*

For sometime I have gathered and written quotes.

I hope you will enjoy the first part of my Misc. Collection.

ANIMALS

An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.
~Martin Buber~

Our family pets and I each speak our own eloquent language.
When we chat we understand each other perfectly.
~Gypsy Joy~

In times of sorrow there is no greater comfort as the warmth
and company of a beloved pet sitting quietly beside you.
~Gypsy Joy~

ASH WEDNESDAY

Now it are ashes you get.
But one day you will be in the box.
~Mother Angelica~

As a child I wondered each year when the Pastor
would mark my forehead with a Cross
instead of the smudge he always favored me with.
I wanted to ask him, but I did not dare.
~Gypsy Joy~

BEAUTY

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
~Confucius~

He who seeks beauty will find it.
~Bill Cunningham~ New York Times.

It’s said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I wonder how beauty will unfold when our eyes grow old.
~Gypsy Joy~

BIRDS

When we hear the crane’s call we hear no mere bird.
We hear the trumpet in the orchestra of evolution.
He is the symbol of our untamable past,
of that incredible sweep of millennia which underlies
and conditions the daily affairs of birds and men.
~Aldo Leopold~

When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates
and the singing birds come from nowhere.
~Amit Ray~

Birds are up long before the rose pink of dawn.
As I gaze in a daze at the tree across my lawn,
I listen to their morning pray.
~Gypsy Joy~

BOOKS

Alice came to a fork in the road.
“Which road do I take?” she asked.

“Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire Cat.
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then.” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”
~Lewis Caroll~

A Hair perhaps divides the False and True.
~Omar Khayyam~

A room without books is like a body without a soul.
~Marcus Tillius Cicero~

Curled up in my favorite nook I dream about publishing a book.
I am too young to understand that life’s path,
may have a way of leading one astray.
~Gypsy Joy~

BUTTERFLIES

The exquisite beauty of a butterfly fluttering through
a sparkling sunlit garden soothens the mind,
leaving a happy smile in one’s heart.
~Gypsy Joy~

CANINES aka DOGS

A dog wags its tail with its heart.
~Martin Buxbaum~

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A dog, so my wife would love me more.
~Oscar De La Renta~

I always wanted a pooch of my very own.
It never happened but it’s okay.
Most dogs I meet on my way like to play
wagging their tail when they see me.
~Gypsy Joy~

CARNIVAL

A fire is on the hearth
Sign of the carnival of mirth
Through the dun fields and from the glade
Flash merry folk in masquerade
For this is Carnival, mate!
~Author Unknown~

According to tarot historian Gertrude Moakley
the cards fanciful images, from the Fool to Death,
were inspired by the costumed figures
who participated in carnival parades.
~Brendan I. Koerner~

The magic of a Mardi Gras show
Makes a friend from a foe
The parade with its glamour of beads I am told
Is irresistibly attractive to young and old.
~Gypsy Joy~

CHEER

The best way to cheer yourself up,
is to try to cheer somebody else up.
~Mark Twain~

CHILDREN

Every day our children’s voices are as fresh as roses
Even the birds chatter at dawn.
~Scott Hastie~

Children are the sunshine in a mother’s life
whether they are young or old,
listen or don’t do what they are told.
They will always be her sunny hearts of gold.
~Gypsy Joy~

CLOWNS

By blood a king, in heart a clown.
~Alfred Lord Tennyson~

I remain just one thing and one thing only
and that is a clown.
It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
~Charlie Chaplin~

All the world loves a clown.
~Cole Porter~

There is no greater pleasure as to clown around a bit.
It chases away the boogy man.
~Gypsy Joy~

Dare to wear the foolish clown face.
~Frank Sinatra~

It would not be right for me  to clown around
when I’m painting a president.
~Norman Rockwell~

COMPANIONS

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four legs.
~Colette~

It has been proven to young and old
that when you need it most an animal can be
a better companion than your best friend.
~Gypsy Joy~

A companion animal has the magic
to transform a stranger into your best friend.
~Gypsy Joy~

DAUGHTER – SON

A daughter is the happy memories of the past,
the joyful moments of the present,
and the hope and promise of the future.
~Author Unknown~

Throughout your life a daughter may well be
a Mother’s Best Friend.
When she is a youngster she is at your side without end.
When she moves away she still will come to stay.
When you are too old she will remind you of all
the things you once did and told.

What’s more she just has a heart of gold.
~Gypsy Joy~

Throughout life a son is the apple of your eye
that fell not far from the tree.

He may be faraway but when you need him
he will come and not flee.
He lifts your heart with his manly spirit
and reminds you of gentler days gone by.
When you have a senior moment he will be a real gentleman
and make you understand there is nothing you cannot do.
He will love you till the very end and so will you!
~Gypsy Joy~

DEVINE

There are things in heaven and earth not dreamt of in your philosophy,
just as there are things in heaven and earth which we cannot see
and feel, and yet we believe.
~Christopher Simon~

DREAMS

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
Live the life you’ve imagined!
~Henry David Thoreau~

EARTH

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper~

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth,
when clearly it is Ocean.
~Arhur C. Clarke~

ENCOURAGEMENT

Everything has an end – everything passes.
If you remember this the hardest trial will be lighter.
~Mother Angelica~

We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time
a word of praise or thanks or appreciation
or cheer has kept a man on his feet.
Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.
~William Barclay~

FRIENDS

If a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking
if there is anything you can do.
Think up something appropriate and do it.
~Edgar Watson Howe~

Treat your friends as you do your pictures,
and place them in their best light.
~Jennie Jerome Churchill~

Think where man’s glory most begins and ends
and say my glory was I had such friends.
~William Butler Yeats~

The nicest place to be is in someone’s thoughts.
The safest place to be is in someone’s prayers.
The very best place to be is in the Hands of God.
~Author Unknown~

Until next time and remember:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
~Author Unknown~