Life Quotes Quote by Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”

“You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.”

“You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit of ending too soon. They never show what happens afterwards when the prince and princess ride off the page.”

“Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.”

“The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.”