Patricia Penton Leimbach quotes
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“For all-around, everyday, all-season wear, farmers can't be beat. They are inclined to chafe under the burden of leisure (a minor vexation on the farm), but they thrive on neglect and adversity.”
-- Patricia Penton LeimbachSource : Patricia Penton Leimbach (1987). “All my meadows”, Harpercollins
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“Middle age is when you find out where the action is so you can go someplace else.”
-- Patricia Penton LeimbachSource : Patricia Penton Leimbach (1987). “All my meadows”, Harpercollins
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“Middle age is when you get in the car and immediately change the radio station.”
-- Patricia Penton Leimbach
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“Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.”
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“Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.”
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Source : Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1863). “Sermons Preached Before His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales: During His Tour in the East in the Spring of 1862 with Notices of Some of the Localities Visited”, p.95
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“Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.”
Source : Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata”
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“Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.”
Source : Orville Dewey (1841). “Discourses on Human Life”, p.157