Life Quotes Quote by Pearl Buck — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”

“Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.”

“The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.”

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”

“The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

“Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.”

“In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of his life, he will be hopeful enough to believe his future will be just as beautiful, more so.”

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”

“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.”

“If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.”