One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Topics: Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient....

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient....

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles...

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as...

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as...

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls...

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls...

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have...

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of...

Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of...

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting,...

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting,...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in...

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep...

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep...

America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops...

America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn't seem to break. Women treat...

Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn't seem to break. Women treat...

One must lose one's life in order to find it.

One must lose one's life in order to find it.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular...

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular...

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in...

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you...