Amelia E. Barr Quotes

#1. There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.

Amelia E. Barr

#2. It is always the simple that produces the marvelous

Amelia E. Barr

#3. Alas! it is not the renunciation of our past and future selves that is difficult; it is the steady denial of our present self which makes the disciple.

Amelia E. Barr

#4. The great difference between voyages rests not in ships, but in the people you meet on them.

Amelia E. Barr

#5. Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

Amelia E. Barr

#6. All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.

Amelia E. Barr

#7. O love! love! love! Is there any sorrow in life like loving?

Amelia E. Barr

#8. Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition ...

Amelia E. Barr