Quotes by Phyllis Bottome

13 quotes found

Writer · British · 1884–1963

British writer (1884–1963)

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Popular Quotes

“No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.”

“Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.”

“We cannot alter facts but we can alter our ways of looking at them.”

“We cannot alter facts but we can alter our ways of looking at them.”

“It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.”

“A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.”

Common Themes

luck acceptance action opportunity difficult days failures mistakes faith fear events happiness

“Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.”
— Phyllis Bottome
luck

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”
— Phyllis Bottome
acceptance

“We cannot alter facts but we can alter our ways of looking at them.”
— Phyllis Bottome
action

“No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.”
— Phyllis Bottome
difficult days

“It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.”
— Phyllis Bottome
failures mistakes

“A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.”
— Phyllis Bottome
faith fear

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”
— Phyllis Bottome
events

“Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.”
— Phyllis Bottome
happiness

“To see a shadow and think it is a tree-that is a pity but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.”
— Phyllis Bottome
opportunity

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”
— Phyllis Bottome
acceptance

“We cannot alter facts but we can alter our ways of looking at them.”
— Phyllis Bottome
action

“Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it-and a greater fool if you count upon it.”
— Phyllis Bottome
luck

“To see a shadow and think it is a tree-that is a pity but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.”
— Phyllis Bottome
opportunity