C. Elizabeth Quotes

I am a better person when I have less on my plate.

How can you hide from what never goes away?

I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.

You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.

I said, "It seems like you have fond feelings toward your ex-wife. Are you two still close?" "Nah," he said casually. "She thinks I changed my name to Motherfucker."

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality.

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.

Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.

Art should be truth; and truth, unadorned, unsentimentalized, is beauty.

Ah, what a life is theirs who live in Christ; How vast the mystery! Reaching in height to heaven, and in its depth The unfathomed sea!

A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight!

Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.

I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

I will never shrink from speaking truth to power.

Normally I don't feel like having a belly full of pasta.

Your fear is the most boring thing about you.

Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor.

Power is the ability not to have to please.

What the Man-Moth fears most he must do.

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

There is an ugly side to Donald Trump that we all have to stop and think about what's going on here.

Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it's the most accessible luxury.

Neanderthals were pretty smart, and if we actively killed them off, then probably we did so in the same way that humans kill each other.

I'm going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House.

I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

I was just glad to get the Grammy. I didn't know what the thing was. It's the honor what I loved.

The tabloids create their own stories about people's lives that don't exist.

However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its own uniqueness.

Don't decide on a dog based on looks either, much like with people, looks and first impressions can be deceiving.

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.

How can money be the root of all evil when shopping is the cure for all sadness?

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.