I've been a collector of quotations for many years, and I have had a website of quotations since about 1995. I love being challenged to think, and many quotes make me do just that. In recent years I have been adding many quotes that inspire me from books I have been reading and from any writing that I encounter in a day.
Note that this collection of quotations started as a list for my own use both for Tillamook County Outdoor School and in my daily life. Putting the quotations on a website made it possible for me to access the entire list of quotations anywhere I had internet. Feel free to use these quotations as you will. May quotes contained here inspire you and comfort you as well as inspire and comfort others as you share the quotations with others.
Dean Bones (Last updated on April 29, 2022)
Abuse, Wounds
Acceptance of Others, Rights of Others, Believing in Others, Equality
Acceptance of Self, Believing in Self, Being Yourself, Uniqueness, Becoming
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Acts
of Kindness
Advocate for Others
After the Storm
Aging, Passing on the torch
Alcohol
America
Anger, Temper
Art, Artists, Creativity
Attitude, Motivation, Making/Finding/Mining the Best out of any situation vs Boredom
Beginnings
Bible
Blaming others, Complaining, Negativism
Blessings, Unexpected Blessings. Blessing Others
Change, Diversion, Rest, Taking a break,
Character, Reputation
Christmas
Church
Coffee
Comfort
Commitment, Following Through
Communication
Community
Consequences
Contemplation, Deliberation, Thinking Things Over, Musing
Contentment, Satisfaction,
Courage, Bravery vs Timidity
Creativity
Culture
Dating
Death
Democracy, Freedom
Depression
Disabilities
Discernment, Perceptiveness
Discovering the Truth, Reality, Things May Not be as They Seem,
Diversity, Valuing Differences
Doing our best
Education, Teaching, Teachers
Empathy, Compassion
Encouraging Others
Endings, Good-byes, Losing, Shattered dreams
Enthusiasm
Eternity
Excuses
Faith
Family
Forgiveness vs Unforgiveness, Moving on
Friends, Friendship
Gardens
Giving, Serving Others
Goals
God, Eternity, Holy Spirit, Walking With God
Gossip, Destructive talk, Put-downs, Rumors, Opinions
Grace
Grief, Grieving
Habits
Happiness,Contentment, Satisfaction, Joy vs Boredom
Health, Exercise, Fitness, Taking Care of Self
Heaven
History, Learning from the Past, Biographies
Hm . . .
Hope, Dreams
Humility
Important Things of Life, the Little Things
Improving
Indecisive, Lazy, Vague
Initiative, Reponsibility, Reaping What
You Sow, Choices, Effort
Integrity, Honesty, Doing What Is Right, Truth
It's What's Inside That Counts, the Heart
Jesus Christ, Christianity, Following Christ
Justice vs Injustice
Laughter, Humor, Silliness
Leadership
Legacy
Life's challenges, Bringing Good Out of Difficulty, Making Mistakes, Adversity
Listening
Loneliness
Love
Marriage
Men
Mercy
Memories
Mistakes
Mondays
Money
Mothers
Music
Names
Native Americans - Indians
Nature, Caring for nature
Ocean
Outdoor School
Optimism, Silver linings
Overcoming, Healing
Parenting, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Being a Dad, Being a Mom, Raising children
Patience
Patriotism, America
Peace (Inner Peace), the Gift of Silence, Dealing With Negativism
Perseverance, Completing a Task, Persistence, Determination, Resiliance vs Procrastination
Personable, Amiable, Joy to be around
Pets
Planning ahead, Being prepared, Doing First Things First
Poetry
Politics
Positive Comments, Encouragement, Kind Words, Smiles
Prayer
Prayers
Prejudice, Devaluing Others, Bias, Hatred
Pride, Arrogance, Self-importance
Purpose, Quality Use of Time, Planning, Passion, Making a Difference,
Making the Most of Life, Work
Reading
Reality
Relationships, It's Not
About Me, Others First, Team-building, Teamwork
Religion, Church
Rest
Retirement
Right vs Wrong
Role models, Heros, Mentors
Romance
Sadness, Sorrow, Crying, Tears
Sarcasm
Seasons
Secrets
Seize the Day
Self esteem
Sexuality
Silencing others, Dictators, Silence About Things That Matter
Snow
Solitude
Speaking Up, Standing Up for Self & Others, Being Assertive
Spring
Strength
Stuff happens - Then What?
Success
Suffering, Pain
Summer
Taking risks, Becoming, Growing up
Team, Teamwork
Teasing, Making Fun of Someone, Humiliation, Bullying
Thankfulness, Gratitude
Thinking Outside the Box, Creativity, Independent
Thinking, Curiosity
Trust
Truth
Ungratefulness, Thanklessness
Vacation, Holiday, Travel
Valuing Others, Equality
Walking with God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
War, Peace, Freedom, Pacifism
Weather
Well . . .
Winter
Wisdom
Wise Choices
Wit
Wonder, Curiosity, Admiration, Awe, Wonderment, Interest
Worry
Writing