Amy Williams > Amy's Quotes

“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable.”
― Orson F. Whitney

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help