| Butterfly: (rainbow...flower...sunrise... ) |
| -- |
| Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today tomorrow will |
| be a dying. --- Robert Herrick 1591 |
| -- |
| Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you sit down quietyly, |
| may alight upon you. --- Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804 |
| -- |
| Let us not therefore go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like, buzzing here and there impatiently from a |
| knowledge of what is to be arrived at. But let us open out leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive: |
| budding patiently under the eye of Apollo and taking hints from every noble insect that favors us with a visit. --- |
| John Keats 1795 |
| -- |
| The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. --- John Vance Cheney 1848 |
| -- |
| Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for |
| those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Hours fly, flowers die, new days, new ways, pass by. |
| Love stays. --- Sundial Inscription |
| -- |
| When a small child… I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong. Happiness is like a butterfly which |
| appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. --- Anna Pavlova 1881 |
| -- |
| Yes, in the poor man's garden grow far more than herbs and flowers -- kind thoughts, contentment, peace of |
| mind, and joy for weary hours. --- Mary Howitt 1799 |
| -- |
| You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. --- |
| Walter C Hagen 1892 |
Quotes shared with you by WWW.HappyOtter.Com in exchange for 1 Random Act of Kindness.
Please email a brief description of your act of kindness to Kindness@HappyOtter.Com