87 Quotes by Richard L. Evans

Maturity begins on the day we accept responsibility for our own actions.

Indeed, the greatest blessing that can follow the death of those we love is reconciliation. Without it there is no peace. But with it come quiet thoughts and quickened memories. And what else shall a man do except become reconciled? What purpose does he serve by fighting what he cannot touch or by brooding upon what he cannot change?

Life moves in one direction only - and each day we are faced with an actual set of circumstances, not with what might have been, not with what we might have done, but with what is, and with where we are now- and from this point we must proceed; not from where we were, not from where we wish we were - but from where we are.

We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.

He who has ceased to pray has lost a great friendship.

Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself - things could always be worse and they are for someone else!

There are few of us but who have been touched somehow by death. Some may not have been touched closely by it nor yet have kept vigil with it, but somewhere along our lives, most of us are sorely bereft of someone near and deeply cherished - and all of us will some day meet it face to face.

It is a great moment in life when a father sees a son grow taller than he or reach farther.

This is life-and it is passing. What are we waiting for?