George E. Woodberry Quotes
George Edward Woodberry, Litt. D., LL. D. was an American literary critic and poet.
(1855 - 1930)
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"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.
[The Past]
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A Bostonian - an American, broadly speaking.
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Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.
[Mornings]
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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
[Success]
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I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service.
[Friendship]
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If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.
[Spirituality]
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Is there not an art, a music, and a stream of words that shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?
[Art]
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Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
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The sense that someone else cares always helps because it is the sense of love.
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To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value ... surely that is to lead the noble life.
[Instincts]
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To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.
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