Source: The Friendship Book 2014"At times it can seem like the world is reluctant to see how wonderful it is. What it needs is a few more pilgrims." ~Francis Gay
Special Gift from ༺♥ Maurice Ware ♥༻
"A year of God's kindness - if we give it and receive it, the year ahead will undoubtedly be the best one so far." ~Francis Gay
"Don't let doubts make you give up without even trying." ~Francis Gay
"Even if you are not a budding writer, there is one piece of authorship that we can all manage." ~Francis Gay
"Friendship enhances our lives and gladdens our hearts." ~Francis Gay
"Good news is what we wait for the postman to bring it in the mail. We hope to hear it when the phone rings, we love to share it with friends and few things can brighten a day the way it can." ~Francis Gay
"How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it." ~George Elliston
"Places and people, they are almost always worth getting to know better," ~Francis Gay
"The coming of spring ... raise people's spirits. When that season is in the air we seem happier, freer with our smiles and our steps are lighter. Spring doesn't just make us feel better. It's a tonic for the whole world!" ~Francis Gay
"The older we become, the more time we have to reflect upon how we have lived our lives. We might have a few regrets and disappointments; we might have done things we have ever regretted." ~Francis Gay
"The power of memory can carry us back to every place where we have been happy and at peace with the world in a twinkling. Long after other recollections have faded, we can treasure the golden ones and keep them fresh." ~Francis Gay
"We all shed tears at times of sorrow, but there are other times when they come from sheer joy. Perhaps the sweetest tears of all are those we shed in sympathy with others,..." ~Francis Gay
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OTHER QUOTES 2014
"A friend is someone who sees you first tear fall, catches the second, stops the third and turns the fourth into a smile." ~Anon
"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust." ~Gertrude Jekyll, (born mid-1800's, Garden Designer, TFBFG 2014/mpw
"A good sense of humour helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable." ~Billy Graham (THE FRIENDSHIP BOOK: A Thought For Each Day 2014, a treasured gift from Maurice P. Ware.)
"Everyone is hungry for a kind word. Feed them." ~Anon
"Happiness is a way of travelling rather than a destination." ~Anon
"How happy the trees must be, to hear the song of the birds again in their branches! After the silence and leaflessness, to have the birds back once more and to feel them busy at nest-building; how glad to give them the moss and the fibres and the crutch of the boughs to build in." ~Richard Jefferies, 2014/MPW
"I have no regrets because my mistakes have given me the knowledge that has made me the man I am today. Regrets are anchors that drag you back." ~Marco Pierre
"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to t'ake, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." ~John Burroughs
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
"It takes a great man to be a good listener." ~Calvin Coolidge
"Look back and smile at perils past." ~Sir Walter Scott
"My garden taught me many things. But mostly it's taught me how little I know. I've planted seeds and seedlings countless times and had grass, vegetables, fruit and flowers in return. But I couldn't even begin to understand how those everyday miracles work." ~Harry
"Sometimes when I'm listening to music or reading a good book, or just enjoying being in beautiful surroundings, it's almost like a kind of recognition - a realisation that something just feels completely right." ~Mrs. Francis Gay referred to a The Lady of the House.
"There are glimpses of heaven in every act, or thought, or word that raises us above ourselves." ~Arthur P. Stanley, Dean of Westminster 19th century)
"To be able to look backwards and say, 'This, this has been the finest year of my life', that is glorious! But to be able to look ahead and say: 'The present year can and shall be better', that is more glorious!" ~Frank C. Laubach (Educatir, missionary)
"We will open the book. It's pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce
"When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It's as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel." ~Harold Krushner
"When you judge someone you see the mess in their life. But when you love someone you see the life in their mess." ~Unattributed
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