35 Quotes That Speak to My Soul

A blend of bookish, nature-inspired, heartwarming, and uplifting quotes that I really love a lot.

My Journal of Soulful Reflections is an authentic, cosy and soulful extension of my small business, Clementine Rose. You can expect to uncover more personal entries infused with inspiration and encouragement underpinned by the beauty of the natural world, and the ebb and flow of the changing seasons. You’ll also discover gentle reflections on slow and seasonal living.

I invite you to come alongside me in my monthly journal entries, where we can collectively take a few moments to pause, reflect, and unwind.

Let’s journey together and go on a seasonal adventure, nurturing and nourishing our souls as we discover slow moments of peace and joy, the wonders of nature, and the magic in our everyday lives.

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Yesterday I celebrated my 35th birthday! I was trying to think of a fun post to share to celebrate turning 35, which also includes the number 35, and I’ve actually come up with a few! Perhaps I’ll share some more. But for today, I thought I’d share 35 quotes. I love collecting them. They’re such wonderful words to reflect upon, and to seek inspiration from.

The ones which I have chosen below are a blend of bookish, nature-inspired, heartwarming, and uplifting quotes that I really love a lot, and definitely speak to my soul. Perhaps you’ll find some of them encouraging too.

1. “…it is the sweet, simple things of life, which are the real ones after all” - Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” - Frances Hodgson Burnett, from The Secret Garden

3. “That is one good thing about this world...there are always sure to be more springs.” - L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

4. “Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries and cream.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

5. “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” - Lady Bird Johnson

6. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn.” - John Muir, The Mountains of California

7. "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string."- Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

8. “Love is a great beautifier.” - Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

9. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!” - Audrey Hepburn

10. “Hope is the thing with feathers
    That perches in the soul
    And sings the tune without the words
    And never stops at all.” - Emily Dickinson

11. “The simplest pleasures are sometimes the most extraordinary.” – Edgar Allan Poe

12. “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

13. “It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.” - Stephenie Meyer, The Host

14. “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” - Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

15. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

16. "Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault." - Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

17. “For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

18. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.” - Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank

    

19. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” - Mother Teresa

20. “Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There's no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.” - Carrie Hope Fletcher

21. “Perhaps love is like a resting place,
    A shelter from the storm,
    It exists to give you comfort,
    It is there to keep your warm,
    And in those times of trouble,
    When you are most alone,
    The memory of love will bring you home.” - John Denver

22. “It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.” - Laura Ingalls Wilder

23. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” - Albert Einstein

24. “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.”
    - Albus Dumbledore

25. “Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.” - Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

26. "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." – John Muir

27. "Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat." – Laura Ingalls Wilder

28. "Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." – Sir John Lubbock

29. "I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles." – Anne Frank

30. “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

31. “To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
    – Jane Austen

32. “The first threads of sunlight were glimmering in the trees at the far end of the garden out my window, and I was full of wonder.” Sarah Clarkson

33. “I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better that before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” - Isak Dinesen

34. “I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.”
    - L.M. Montgomery,Anne of Green Gables

35. “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
    - Mother Teresa

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