17 quotes by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“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.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls the hour. The figures in the aisle are no longer individuals, they symbolize the human race.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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