Barbara Quotes
How does an artist learn enough about life to fill a thimble?""Soli, I'm going to tell you. He needs to go rub his soul against life. ...
It's a selfish habit. I never learn anything from listening to myself.
I thought everything in the world was already discovered. Already in my books. A lot of dead stuff that put me to sleep. That was the day I understood the world is still living.
To those who think them selves strong, force always seems the easiest solution.
Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers--strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.
Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think "Does this go toward or away from what I want?" Always choose what goes toward what you want.
He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch.
Watch your thoughts-listen to them because they shape your life and evolve into words. They tell a story about you and how you perceive your life.
Society's revenge matched its fright.
It seemed so much safer and more comfortable to live in the lives of other people - to observe their joys and sorrows with detachment as if one were watching a film or a play.
Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. The usual position of mothers.
Intention is everything. If your intention is to find meaning in your life, then your life shall be filled with an enriched sense of purpose and satisfaction.
There are no coincidences. The universe works in its own way to join those of us who need to be connected.
Love, prayer and miracles go hand in hand. Every great master who has come forth to teach humanity has spoken of love.
We are eternal beings who are connected to God, Source, or whatever you feel comfortable labeling the Divine. What this means is that we are here for joy and for love.
Extraordinary moments often involve a sense of connection, as well as communication, with something that we intuitively know goes well beyond this plane of reality.
The more love we bring into our lives, the more satisfied and at peace we are and the more joy we experience.
I can't die yet, honey. I haven't finished counting the stars and don't you know, my darling girl, that you will never be alone, because there is always love, and love lives forever.
Mama always said barefoot and pregnant was not my style. She knew.
One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.
Love changes everything. I never suspected it would be so. Requited love, I should say ...
He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience.
Down deep we really know our worth but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner the whole world opens up to you.
We measure success and depth by length and time but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay the same.
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.
We live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our certain feet.
In order to experience everyday spirituality we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think for a husband and wife the way to stay close is to do things together and share.
"Now" is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
Someday someone will follow in my footsteps and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. And I wish him well.
I truly believe that before I retire from public office I'll be voting for a woman for president.
Whether you are talking about education career or service you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun.
If you aren't good at loving yourself you will have a difficult time loving anyone since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.
I'm not a competitive person and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive just nice.
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love . . . We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops or we can make music.
You don't just luck into things.... You build step by step whether it's friendships or opportunities.
To feel valued to know even if only once in a while that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.