I love quotes. So much so, I have pages of quotes in my OneNote notebook which I’ve borrowed from friends, jotted down from books, or stumbled upon online.

Instead of using them just for random articles here or there, or as Facebook or Google Talk status messages, I’ve decided to start posting some of my favorites each month. Enjoy!

Robert Southey on friendship:
“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.”

Max Lucado about responsibilities:
“Blessed are those who recognize their God-given responsibilities. Blessed are those who acknowledge that there is only one God and have quit applying for his position. Blessed are those who know what on earth they are on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning on new opportunities:
“God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.”

Albert Einstein explaining the principle of relativity:
“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT’S relativity.”

An old Irish proverb about friendship:
“Many people will walk in and out or your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”

Michael Levine on effective public relations:
“The P.R. careerist with great potential always exhibits a lively interest in people, events, and actions. He has an insatiable curiosity and a high energy quotient that lead him to a number of activities not necessarily related to his school course or working life.”

Time management according to I Love Lucy:
LUCY: I drew in an extra hour at the bottom of the chart.
ETHEL: Where did you get the extra hour?
LUCY: From the next day.
ETHEL: From the next day?
LUCY: Yeah, It’ll work out fine till the end of the year and then I’ll be two weeks short.

Hudson Taylor on how to start your day:
“Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.”

Lucy Maud Montgomery about the wonder of ordinary days:
“I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”

Ever Garrison explaining how to find God:
“Some stand on tiptoe trying to reach God to talk to him—you try too hard, friend—drop to your knees and listen to him, he’ll hear you better that way.”

Andre Agassi on how to change the world around you:
“Some people are thermometers, some are thermostats. You’re a thermostat. You don’t register the temp in the room, you change it.”

William Arthur Ward describing the qualities of a true friend:
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”

And an original . . .
“You know you’ve gotten use to being in New York City when you almost tip the attendant at the airline check-in desk out of old habit.”