Jean Richter Quotes

"Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life."

"Age does not matter if the matter does not age."

"It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope"

"Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him."

"You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth."

"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm."

"Only actions give life its strength, as only moderation gives it its charm"

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

"Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life."

"Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

"As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity."

"The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger."

"Paradise is always where love dwells."

"A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards."

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it."

"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."

"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time."

"Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart"

"In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's na"