Golden Braid Books - Quotable Coffee Mugs

Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the pain on it you can. Danny Kaye
We are all capable of much more than we think we are. Lao Tzu
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw
Compared to what we might be. We are only half awake. William James
I don?t want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. Carrie Fisher
At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself. Albert Einstein
Insist on yourself. Never imitate. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have the obligation to be one. Eleanor Roosevelt
Joy is not in things, it is in us. Benjamin Franklin
Whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Spread your love everywhere you go. Mother Teresa
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. The Beatles
I have found that if you love life, life will love you right back. Arthur Rubinstein
Don?t worry about what the world wants from you, worry about what makes you come more alive. Because what the world really needs are people who are more alive. Lawrence Le Shan
Dedicate your life to a cause greater than yourself, and your life will become a glorious romance and adventure. Mack Douglas
I dare you, while there is still time, to have a magnificent obsession. William Danforth
Big purposes free us from petty fretfulness and little ailments. Ralph W Sockman
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller
A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Joan Anglund
What people really need is a good listening to. Mary Lou Casey
If you always do what pleases you, at least one person is satisfied. Katherine Hepburn
Bidden or not bidden, God is present. Carl Jung
Friendship isn?t a big thing, it?s a million little things. Albert Camus
A thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessing. Henry Ward Beecher
For me there is only traveling on paths that have heart? and there I travel, looking, looking, breathlessly. Carlos Castaneda
His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up an say to all the world: This was a man! William Shakespeare
You can only go halfway into the dark forest, and then you are coming out the other side. Chinese Proverb.
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. Vincent Van Gogh
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Lao Tzu
Treat the earth well. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors; we borrow it from our Children. Ancient native America Proverb
And so, do not forget every Dawn as it comes is a holy event and every day is holy. White Buffalo Calf Woman as told by Black Elk
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other?s eyes for an instant. Henry David Thoreau
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself. Seath Suquamish (Chief Seattle)
Ah, how good it feels: the hand of an old friend. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In the darkest hour the soul is replenished and given the strength to continue and endure. Heart Warrior Chosa
Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Native American Saying
There is a pleasure in the pathless wood. Lord Byron
The most beautiful things we can experience is the mysterious. Albert Einstein
When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe in one of two things: there will be earth upon which to stand, or you will be given wings. Author Unknown
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. Sir Edmund Hillary
Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso
I wish you all the joy that you can wish. William Shakespeare
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it. Tallulah Bankhead
I dwell in possibilities. Emily Dickinson
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds. Shine. Buddha
To change one?s life: Start immediately, do it flamboyantly. No exceptions. William James
Friend: the finest word in any language. Franchot Tone
Be humble, for you are made of earth. Be noble, for you are made of stars. Serbian Proverb
A true friend stands by your side in the storm, and reminds you that there are sweet and sunny days to come. Kathryn T Shaw
Death is not extinguishing the light, it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come. Rabindrsnath Tagore
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable. Helen Keller
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to stay in and places to pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. John Muir
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katherine Hepburn
Here we will sit and let the sounds of music creep into our ears: soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony. William Shakespeare
Relax into the wonder of it all. Joseph Campbell
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louis May Alcott
There are years that ask the questions and years that answer. Zora Neale Hurston
We must devise a system in which peace is more rewarding than war. Margaret Mead
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung
Our children will create a world we cannot imagine. They will accomplish things we cannot even dream. Kathryn F Shaw
Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Antoine De St Exupery
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most of the world?s problems. Mahatma Gandhi
Anyone who isn?t confused really doesn?t understand the situation. Edward R Murrow
There never was a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin
There are some things you learn best in calm and some in storm. Willa Cather
There ain?t no answer. There ain?t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That?s the answer. Gertrude Stein
Fall down seven times. Stand up eight. Japanese Proverb
Every step of the journey is the journey. Zen saying
Things to do today: exhale, inhale, exhale ? ahhh. Buddha
There is more to life than increasing its speed. Mahatma Gandhi
Your work is to discover you work, and then, with all your heart, give yourself to it. Buddha
From joy all things are born, by joy they are sustained and into joy they again return. The Upanishads
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
We are, all of us, richer than we think we are. Michel de Montaigne
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature but beautiful old people are workds of art. Eleanor Roosevelt
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strong pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. Rumi
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world. William James
Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before. Joseph Campbell
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Andy Warhol
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen
Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting. Arlene Storeby
My friends have made the story of my life. Helen Keller
As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life. Buddha
All of the windows of my heart are open to the day. John Greenleaf Whittier
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. Mark Twain
When you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. Lin Yutang
Ever notice that what the hell? is always the right decision? Marilyn Monroe
Don?t get me wrong I was happy to see the prince again. But what really made me happy was the safe return of that fabulous new shoe. Cinderella
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscious. This is the ideal life. Mark Twain
I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on, I go in to another room and read a good book. Groucho Marx
All that matters is what we do for each other. Lewis Carroll
Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground. Oscar Wilde
No frigate like a book to take us lands away. Emily Dickinson
Outside of a dog, a book is man?s best friend. Inside of a Dog, it?s too dark to read. Groucho Marx
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless. Mother Teresa
We read to know we?re not alone. CS Lewis
Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. Tao Te Ching

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