Alexandra Stoddard Quotes

Life is too short for you to be the caretaker of the wrong details.

Our painful experiences strengthen us in becoming more empathetic, more caring, and deeper human beings. We grow in depth of understanding, with greater appreciation for the miracle of life.

The supreme good - to examine everything - a life which was not devoted to such research would not be worth living. Happiness would thus consist in their never-ending quest. PLATO

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice ... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

An inspired letter can be as riveting as a stare. It can move us to tears, spur us to action, provoke us, uplift us, touch us. Transform us. When written from the heart, letters are dreams on paper, wishes fulfilled, desires satisfied. letters can be powerful.

Always remember your brilliance.

I'm an interior designer from the soul. It's not about just putting things in a room. It's much deeper and broader. It's about self-discovery.

The home is the center of your soul; it's a total reflection of your inner life. If you have a dreary home, it means you are dark inside.

The rooms that are lived in are the ones we find most comforting.

What we love we grow to resemble. SAINT BERNARD T

Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!

I get all dressed up in fuchsia, looking like a clown, and show pretty pictures to people.

My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.

I urge readers to experience things that they love and give up things that are not working.

I want to inspire through example. I hope my books motivate others to open doors and windows that will help them to embrace their own truth, light and joy.

We all have neighbors. Greet them on the sidewalk or in the elevator, but try not to peer through their windows. Windows are to look out from, not into.

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful.

Your past is something you cannot change. You can't live it; it's dead.

You're not going to be dreary on the inside if you're not dreary on the outside.

Unhappy people make me feel like I've done something wrong.

Move your feet in the direction that is most favorable for your living up to your full potential.

Letter writing allows us to be alone yet connected. We need a certain amount of solitude in order to have true ideas to communicate. But few of us desire solitude all the time ... Yet solitude is what makes us contemplative and receptive, more aware of life's gifts and our own special blessings.

If we could make our house a home, and then make it a sanctuary, I think we could truly find paradise on Earth.

We choose how enthusiastically we live our time alive.

We can finish a house, but never a home. Once you fall in love with a house, you find continual pleasures in fixing it up and making innovations that satisfy your creature's comforts.

The world is extremely interesting to a joyful soul.

What you think and do now builds.
Value this moment.
Be patient.
Smile often.
Love the process of living each minute fully.
Your presence is a source of strength
and an inspiration
to people you spend time with.
Give your greatest gift
your full attention,
yourself.

Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.

I have my clothes made in Hong Kong, but I love Shangai Tang in New York.

Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.

My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering is a choice. You can be happier if you make some changes in your life.

When a person quietly reconciles himself to all the contradictions that life offers, and can comfortably ride out or flow between the banks of pleasure and pain, experiencing them both, but getting stuck in neither, then he has achieved freedom.

The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing.

Aristotle wisely reminds us, "It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied." When

You learn to give up what's not working and surround yourself with things you love - not what's correct or proper.

When I'm the happiest, my desk is not neat. It has lots of pens and the books I love. It gets messy when I'm in the flow. So many houses are so neat.

I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am.

When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go.

I want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart. I want to read the best minds. I want to live with uplifting art. I don't want to live a grubby life.

The 'art of tea' is a spiritual force for us to share.

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth.

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived - to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that - this doubtless is the right way to live. HENRY JAMES T

What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.

Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication.