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32 of My Favorite Quotes

  • Writer: Lauren Catron
    Lauren Catron
  • Nov 8, 2020
  • 3 min read

32 is the number of the month! (Or, I guess the year!) As the years come and go, I've grown to truly appreciate myself more than ever before. Becoming a wife and a mother has changed me. I live my life full of gratefulness.


Here are 32 quotes that have shaped my heart, warmed my soul, and taught me to live life to the fullest.

"The Earth has music for those who listen." - William Shakespeare

"The Earth has music for those who listen." - William Shakespeare

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain

"She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind." - Unknown

"She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind." - Unknown

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." - Audrey Hepburn

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." - Audrey Hepburn

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." - Rudyard Kipling

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." - Rudyard Kipling

" Let all that you do be done in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:14

" Let all that you do be done in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:14

"You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars." - E.E. Cummings

"You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars." - E.E. Cummings

"I swear I couldn't love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow." - Leo Christopher

"I swear I couldn't love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow."

- Leo Christopher

 "Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." - George Bailey, It's A Wonderful Life

"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." - George Bailey, It's A Wonderful Life

"A woman should wear perfume wherever she wants to be kissed." - Coco Chanel

"A woman should wear perfume wherever she wants to be kissed." - Coco Chanel

"When you feel homesick," he said, "just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go." - The Goldfinch

"When you feel homesick," he said, "just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go." - The Goldfinch

"Spread love everywhere you go." - Mother Teresa


"Spread love everywhere you go." - Mother Teresa

"All that you are is all that I'll ever need."- Ed Sheeran

"All that you are is all that I'll ever need."- Ed Sheeran

 “The ocean is everything I want to be: Beautiful, mysterious, wild, and free.” — Unknown

“The ocean is everything I want to be: Beautiful, mysterious, wild, and free.” — Unknown

"For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me the desires of my heart." 1 Samuel 1:27

"For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me the desires of my heart." 1 Samuel 1:27

"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles" - Mary Davis

"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles" - Mary Davis

"Her heart was made of liquid sunsets." - Virginia Woolf

"Her heart was made of liquid sunsets." - Virginia Woolf

"Be loud about the things that are important to you." - Karen Walrond

"Be loud about the things that are important to you." - Karen Walrond

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” — Linda Wooten

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” — Linda Wooten

"It was always you." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"It was always you." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman

Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman

“There’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.” – Sarah Kay

“There’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.” – Sarah Kay

"We were together, I forget the rest." - Walt Whitman

"We were together, I forget the rest." - Walt Whitman

 “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” ― Peggy O'Mara

“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”

Peggy O'Mara

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

"All that I hope to be, I owe to my mother." - President Abraham Lincoln

"All that I hope to be, I owe to my mother." - President Abraham Lincoln

"I'm selfish, impatient & a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control & at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

"I'm selfish, impatient & a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control & at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." - Marilyn Monroe

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." - Emily Bronte

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." - Emily Bronte

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"Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground." - Unknown

 "She is clothed with strength and dignity and laughs without fear of the future." - Proverbs 31:25

"She is clothed with strength and dignity and laughs without fear of the future."

- Proverbs 31:25

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"In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you." - Buddha

What is a special quote you live by? Share them in the comments below.


Happy November!

Lauren

XOXO

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