Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

1906-, American Author
quotes
15
topics
12
Origin
Topic
“Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.”
Truth
“The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.”
VerifiedThe Wave of the Future (1940) · evidenceFuture
“When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too.”
VerifiedGift from the Sea (1955) · evidenceSelf-knowledge
“To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.”
Giving
“Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.”
Grief
“One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay ''in kind'' somewhere else in life.”
VerifiedNorth to the Orient (1935) Ch. 19 · evidenceGratitude
“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.”
VerifiedGift from the Sea (1955) · evidenceCommunication
“Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.”
VerifiedThe Wave of the Future (1940) · evidenceSecurity
“It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.”
Courage
“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.”
Focus
“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.”
VerifiedGift from the Sea (1955) · evidenceBosses and Employees
“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few and they are more beautiful if they are a few.”
VerifiedGift from the Sea (1955) · evidenceScarcity
“America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.”
Future
“There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.”
VerifiedNorth to the Orient (1935) Ch. 1 · evidenceAirplane and Aviation
“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach-waiting for a gift from the sea.”
Patience