Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

Quote by Gail Sheehy

Topics: Goodness Quotes, Respect Quotes, Success Quotes, Wealth Quotes

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's...

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's...

We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of...

We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of...

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of...

Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve...

And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it.

He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it.

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.