Posts Tagged ‘quotes’

Winners of “Your Words That Matter” Reader Challenge

Thank you to everyone who participated in our April Reader Challenge Your Words That Matter–we loved reading all of your inspirational quotes and we hope all of you got some good feelings from them too. Congrats to our three winners, each of whom will receive a hard copy of Words That Matter: A Little Book of Life Lessons from the editors of O, the Oprah Magazine.

“Nobody looks at the bridesmaids’ feet.” In other words, don’t sweat the small stuff.
-by tin0002

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” –Goethe
-by lisbie

“He’s fine, and the car can be fixed.” My husband’s grandfather (the calmest person I ever met) said this to his daughter, who was about to scream at her son for backing his four-wheeler into her car. Now, whenever I feel myself getting angry over something small, I say to myself, “He’s fine, and the car can be fixed.” It’s a wonderful reminder of what’s really important in life.
-by JLS915

Words That Matter from O, the Oprah Magazine

I love this quote from Oprah, which explains why she’s celebrating 10 years of O, the Oprah Magazine with a book of, well, quotes: “Here’s what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the ideas contained in those words.”

We have a selection of those quotes from Words That Matter thanks to our sponsor, HarperStudio. You’ll find inspiring words from such luminaries as Maya Angelou, Eckhart Tolle, Alice Walker, Elie Wiesel, Martha Beck, and even some wisdom of the ages from figures like Virgil. It’s great daily inspiration–DailyLitspiration?–that we hope you’ll enjoy. Read it here.

Question of the Week #52: Happy Birthday Mr. Twain

Today is American icon Mark Twain’s birthday. Do you have a favorite Twain character, quote, or book? (Maybe you love Tom Sawyer for his famous fence-painting trick, or a quote like “I’ve never let my schooling interfere with my education.”) Share it here.

Or if Twain isn’t your thing, which other American legends do you like?

Share your thoughts in our Question of the Week forum.