39 Quotes by Amelia E. Barr

Oh, the soul keeps its youth!

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.

In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse.

In any adversity gold can find friends.

One should not run on a new road.

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

Men can bear all things but good days...

What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves.

Perhaps when the light of heaven shows us clearly the pitfalls and dangers of the earth road that led to the heavenly city, our sweetest songs of gratitude will be not for the troubles we have conquered, but for those we have escaped.