Hilda Doolittle

Poet American 1886 – 1961

American modernist poet known as H.D.

397 quotes

"We are all mythologies in progress."
Philosophy
"Success is measured not in accolades but in authenticity."
Success
"I have found that gratitude transforms everything it touches."
Gratitude
"The fear that blocks creation is always smaller than we believe."
Fear
"To be fully alive is to be always learning."
Education
"I prefer one moment of true connection to years of hollow company."
Relationships
"The strength of a woman lies in her refusal to diminish herself."
Strength
"Life demands that we be poets in our living."
Life
"Memory and imagination are closer cousins than we think."
Imagination
"The words we choose shape the world we inhabit."
Wisdom
"I have learned that beauty often wears the face of suffering."
Beauty
"Music speaks what words cannot reach."
Music
"To question everything is to honor nothing blindly."
Philosophy
"The greatest works emerge from the greatest struggles."
Perseverance
"I am convinced that grace is not earned but recognized."
Faith
"The future belongs to those who can imagine it."
Imagination
"Grief is love with nowhere to go; learn to redirect it."
"I have discovered that honesty is its own form of courage."
Courage
"The mind of a child holds more wisdom than we credit."
Wisdom
"To live fully is to live dangerously."
Life
"I write to give form to what has no shape but feeling."
Creativity
"The heart knows truths the mind has yet to learn."
Wisdom
"Power lies in persistence, not in force."
Power
"I have found freedom in accepting what cannot be changed."
Freedom
"The artist must be willing to stand alone."
Art
"Silence can be as eloquent as speech when it is chosen."
Solitude
"We are made of the same stardust as the ancient gods."
Philosophy
"I believe that love is the only accurate measure of a life."
Love
"Time heals nothing; it only teaches us to carry our scars."
Time
"The greatest teachers often leave us with questions, not answers."
Education