In my life, John has been the epitome of gratitude, and not just because he responds to every meal as if it were the best he'd ever eaten. Throughout the many years of our friendship I have learned that John lives on the breath of gratitude and his response is always celebratory. If an exclamation point had arms and legs, its name would be John. Mary Morrell
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
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Elbert Hubbard
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.
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Jess C. Scott
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the...
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Jon Katz
How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends...
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Shel Silverstein
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
More Quotes By Mary Morrell
Love by its very nature is extravagant, but we poor human beings, so caught up in fear and worry, limit the very love we were created to bring into the world.
Often someone else's words can provoke us to memories both painful and sweet, and remind us of things we should have learned, but sometimes forget.
Simplicity allows a measure of freedom which the complexities of modern life greedily consume — freedom to think, to reflect, to create, to serve and be sincerely generous with our time and presence.
To offer our very selves to another in love is to place that sacred trust in their hands; hands that may falter, leaving us rejected, ridiculed, abandoned and ashamed. In that very moment of surrendering to love we become vulnerable, our hearts and needs exposed...
Within the mystery of death, love stands guard and waits, filling the moments that "are" with itself, so that the moments to come will never be empty, never devoid of someone so loved.
