When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. — Bob Hope
It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism. — Laurance Rockefeller
The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life. — Paramahansa Yogananda
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth. — Mary Wollstonecraft
I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other. — Pete Seeger
Live simply so others may simply live. — Mother Teresa
Simpler Times Image Quotes
One day, you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the thing you've always wanted. Do it now.
Happier Times Quotes
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts
There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. — Leo Buscaglia
The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area. — Brian Tracy
Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it's their time.
The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be. — Tanya Tucker
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. — William Lyon Phelps
Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself.
Saving nickels, saving dimes, working 'til the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times. — Roy Orbison
Remember when you were considered an environmentalist when you didn't throw junk out the car window? I sure do miss that simpler, happier time. — Paula Poundstone
I would like to stop worrying so much, because I worry all the time. And to learn how to be happier, just in general. I have to learn to take things not so seriously. And to stop biting my nails!... Recording music has helped take my mind off certain things. For me, my music is therapy. — Britney Spears
In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Easier Times Quotes
The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies. — LeCrae
The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything - time to work, time to play, time to rest. — Hedy Lamarr
Life turns on a dime. have no idea what tomorrow will bring... sure life would be a lot easier if we knew what was going to happen. You've got to live by faith one day at a time. — Eddie Guerrero
Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.
It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass. — Pio of Pietrelcina
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time. — Honore de Balzac
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time. — Thomas Jefferson
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.
What I am humble and proud about is that I was able to show a path, simply to demonstrate what could be possible with 8,000-meter peaks. Now that the paradigm has shifted, more people can relate to that possibility, and it should be easier next time to conceptualize and achieve it. — Nirmal Purja
After a few months, mewers have claimed their mouths expanded, jaws became more defined, sleep apnea symptoms lessened, and breathing became easier. Mike’s own instructional video on mewing has been viewed a million times. — James Nestor
I find it so much easier to be creatively free at night. Daytime is for sleeping. Nighttime is the best time for making art. The later at night it gets the further into another world you go. — Mark Ryden
It's easier to die when you have lived, than it is to die when you haven't. So I say to all young people, go make memories; beautiful memories. Because when the time comes to go, you won't go alone. — Dorian Doc Paskowitz
Happier Days Quotes
I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They'd be happier. — Joseph Pilates
If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable. — Carrie Fisher
Courage, my friend, it's not too late to make the world a better place. — Tommy Douglas
Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it's now or never.
The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them. — Tony Robbins
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. — Kathleen Thompson Norris
Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. — Kathleen Norris
Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
Happy Thursday! Life at work and at home is so much HAPPIER when you speak and act with kindness!! Share a SMILE and make it a great day:)! — Tracey Edmonds
When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate. — Ann Landers
Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together. — Mother Teresa
Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life. — Viktor E. Frankl
Olden Times Quotes
And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still. — Max Ehrmann
In olden times gold was manufactured by science; nowadays science must be renewed by gold. We have fixed the volatile and we must now volatilize the fixed—in other words, we have materialized spirit, and we must now spiritualize matter. — Eliphas Levi
Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives. — Albert Payson Terhune
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story. — Michael Ende
Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time. — Alfred Marshall
In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated. — Hugh Latimer
Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
The experiences of men who walked with God in olden times agree to teach that the Lord cannot fully bless the a man until He has first conquered him. The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued. — Helen Rowland
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients. — Gustave Courbet
In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. — Helen Rowland
You know, when people talk about filmmaking and the techniques of filmmaking, we use them all the time in network television news in order to make our stories simpler, tighter and more understandable to the general public. — Lowell Bergman
When entertaining, it's great to wow your guests with an outstanding recipe, but it's also very important to design a menu that's not too demanding of yourself, otherwise everybody will have fun but you. A great appetizer or simpler dish is a good way to work a menu that's delicious but does not impose too much effort or time spent in the kitchen. — Debi Mazar
Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by numerous examples that the rigorous method is at the same time the simpler and the more easily comprehended. The very effort for rigor forces us to find out simpler methods of proof. — David Hilbert
People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff. — Clint Eastwood
How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments. — David Hilbert
Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nostalgic for a simpler, slower time. — Matt Ridley
Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance. — Bill Gates
I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time. — Jeremy Piven
The dream factory of that time was much simpler. As media outlets grew, everything became so complicated. — Janet Leigh
We all have rosy memories of a simpler, happy time- a time of homemade apple pie and gingham curtains, a time when Mom understood everything and Dad could fix anything. "Let's get those traditional family values back!" we murmur to each other. Meanwhile, in a simultaneous universe, everyone I know, and every celebrity I don't know, is coming out of the closet to talk about how miserable they are because they grew up in dysfunctional families. — Cynthia Heimel
The reason we are at the ballpark is to win that day's game, and we don't need to be concerned with anything else during the time we are in uniform. It makes things a lot simpler, a lot easier. — Todd Helton
Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better looking — Henry Ford
Throughout it all, I loved her as much as I always had, and I found myself aching for those simpler times of the past. I knew what was happening, of course. As we were drifting apart, I was becoming more desperate to save what we once had shared; like a vicious circle, however, my desperation made us drift apart even further. — Nicholas Sparks
During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love. — Julia Roberts
We all pine for a time in life when things were simpler. Even when they weren't necessarily simpler, hindsight makes them look a lot simpler. The reality of it was that it wasn't. — Ben Gibbard
There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time. — Wanda Jackson
If you realize all the time what's kind of wonderful - that is, if we expand our experience into wilder and wilder regions of experience - every once in a while, we have these integrations when everything's pulled together into a unification, in which it turns out to be simpler than it looked before. — Richard P. Feynman
I'm planning some films in the U.K., and it will have pros and cons. It takes a lot more time to set up a film in the U.K., because you can't rely on much. In Greece, friends show up and bring what they can and you make the film. Well, that's a bit simpler than how it really is. But when you make a film with proper industries, it takes more time to synch all these things. — Yorgos Lanthimos
Our tax code becomes so absurdly complex every 32 years that we have no choice but to scrap it and re-write. The 32-year period is up in 2018. So the time has come. History tells us that we're going to produce a fairer, simpler tax code by 2018. — T.R. Reid
Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15. — Phil Collins
I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler. When beauty was more classical and glamorous. — Emmy Rossum
To be honest, I tend to romanticize the past, and though I appreciate all the conveniences of modern life, sometimes I yearn for simpler times. — Aziz Ansari
Perhaps the nuclear physicists have come so near to the ultimate secrets that He thinks it time to bring their activities to a stop. And what simpler method could He devise than to let them carry their ingenuity to the point where they exterminate the human race? — Bertrand Russell
Kissing a witch is a perilous business. Everybody knows it's ten times as dangerous as letting her touch your hand, or cut your hair, or steal your shoes. What simpler way is there than a kiss to give power a way into your heart? — Emma Donoghue
Sometimes I feel weird about time. Sometimes I feel that it doesnt go in the order we perceive it. There are... repetitions that maybe we decide not to notice because it is simpler. I like to pick up on those moments. — Helen Oyeyemi
while everything else in our lives has gotten simpler, speedier, more microwavable and user-friendly, child-raising seems to have expanded to fill the time no longer available for it. — Barbara Ehrenreich
Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it. — William Shakespeare
In those simpler days, you could just take pictures of movie stars and show them the way they were, as normal human beings. And if I felt part of any movement at the time, it was just to do that - to be journalistic and photograph what is, rather than what is made up. — Elliott Erwitt
There are many times when I think I would have rather died with my husband. It would have been pleasanter, simpler. But it would have been worse for the children and the family in general. — Nina Bawden
All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities. — Thomas Sowell
Rama, the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above all, the ideal king, this Rama has been presented before us by the great sage Valmiki. No language can be purer, none chaster, none more beautiful, and at the same time simpler, than the language in which the great poet has depicted the life of Rama. — Swami Vivekananda
It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is. — Angus Young
The issue is Kinkade's ideology, and particularly his nostalgia; his paintings endlessly trumpet a nonexistent past when times were simpler and morality more pure. There's nothing wrong with this, but it stands at odds with a contemporary art world that looks to the future for inspiration. We value complexity and innovation, and distrust saccharine pictures of the past. — Paddy Johnson
Developing fewer features allows you to conserve development resources and spend more time refining those features that users really need. Fewer features mean fewer things to confuse users, less risk of user errors, less description and documentation, and therefore simpler Help content. Removing any one feature automatically increases the usability of the remaining ones. — Jakob Nielsen
Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine times out of a trillion it is much simpler and more effective just to take the thing away and do without it. — Douglas Adams
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