"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers, we more than gain in fruits."
- Samuel Butler
Balance
"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
- Samuel Butler
Creativity
"To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead."
- Samuel Butler
Reflection
"Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only."
- Samuel Butler
Gratitude
"If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do."
- Samuel Butler
Productivity
"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."
- Beauty and the Beast
Relationships
"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."
- Nick Cannon
Relationships
"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."
Relationships
"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."
- Donald E. Westlake
Relationships
"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."
- Lucille Ball
Relationships