Quotes from Douglas Pagels

Sometimes you just have to be patient and brave and strong. If you don't know how, just make it up as you go along.

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying. The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it becomes. Don't take life too seriously. Live a life full of serenity, not of regrets.

Life continually teaches. We eventually catch on.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life.

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.

Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that; don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder you are. Every star is important to the sky.

Keep believing in brighter days, finding ways for your dreams and wishes to come true. Giving you hope that is as certain as the sun, giving you strength of serenity as your guide.

Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.

Love is a feeling, the deepest and sweetest of all. It's incredibly strong and amazingly gentle at the very same time.

Even if you can't just snap your fingers and make a dream come true, you can travel in the direction of your dream, every single day and you can shorten the distance between the two of you.

Along the road you travel, may the miles be a thousand times more lovely than lonely.

Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.

It takes being an active participant in your life. But you are in the driver's seat, and you can determine the direction you want tomorrow to go in.

There aren't many things as therapeutic as smiles and laughter. Whenever you look at things in a lighter vein, it shows that your heart is in the right place.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.