... if fiction does not show us a better life than reality, what is the good of it? Amelia Barr More Quotes by Amelia Barr More Quotes From Amelia Barr Kindness is always fashionable. Amelia Barr fashionkindnessthank-you It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. Amelia Barr successinspirationallife It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. Amelia Barr sunny-weatherpositive-attitudeinspiration Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly. Amelia Barr considerationmediocritygenius Time is a very precious gift- Amelia Barr precious-giftsgivenmoments There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance. Amelia Barr fateopportunityinspirational All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves. Amelia Barr agingleavingchange Don’t fail through defects of temper and over-sensitiveness at moments of trial. One of the great helps to success is to be cheerful; to go to work with a full sense of life; to be determined to put hindrances out of the way; to prevail over them and to get the mastery. Above all things else, be cheerful; there is no beatitude for the despairing. Amelia Barr masterycheerfultrials Love, like destiny, loves surprises. Amelia Barr destinysurprise youth is always sure that change must mean something better. Amelia Barr youthchangemean No man was ever ruined from without; the final ruin comes from within, when you turn hopeless and lose courage! Amelia Barr ruinsfinalsmen Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition. Amelia Barr being-alonevoicesolitude When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the world is right; but it is also just possible that the world ... may be wrong. Amelia Barr wickedmenworld Forethought spares afterthought. Amelia Barr forethoughtforesightplanning Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly. Amelia Barr wellsgeniuscan-do Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural. Amelia Barr scientistmayscience But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? Amelia Barr knowsheart To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater. Amelia Barr offencefollygiving I wear the key of memory, and can open every door in the house of my life. Amelia Barr keysdoorsmemories What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves. Amelia Barr pay
