TEA ROOM QUOTES

Relax with a soothing cup of mint tea, paired with a captivating mix of inspiring, thought provoking and humorous reflections on life, all while enjoying a view of the calming waters of our local stream.

The Tea Room offers a curated collection of quotes and art; showcasing quotes from a diverse array of individuals, accompanied by art and photography by Jelani K. Asantewa.

 

September 30, 2025

"Words—so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them!"

Nathaniel Hawthorne


September 1, 2025

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Confucius

September 2, 2025

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is.

Nipsey Hussle

September 3, 2025

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

September 4, 2025

I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.

Paul Harvey


September 5, 2025

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

George Bernard Shaw

September 6, 2025

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Henry Rollins

September 7, 2025

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

Charles M. Schulz

September 8, 2025

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Potter Stewart


September 9, 2025

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

Galileo Galilei 

September 10, 2025

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

Marshall McLuhan 

September 11, 2025

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

B. F. Skinner

September 12, 2025

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

Magic Johnson


September 13, 2025

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

E. O. Wilson

September 14, 2025

Great thoughts come from the heart.

Luc de Clapiers

September 15, 2025

Smile, it's free therapy.

Douglas Horton

September 16, 2025

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

John Irving


September 17, 2025

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

Harold Wilson

September 18, 2025

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Vincent Van Gogh

September 19, 2025

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

Richard Armour

September 20, 2025

To begin, begin.

William Wordsworth


September 21, 2025

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

John Kenneth Galbraith

September 22, 2025

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Aristotle 

September 23, 2025

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Henry David Thoreau

September 24, 2025

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

 John W. Gardner


September 25, 2025

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

Edward Hopper 

September 26, 2025

I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.

Groucho Marx 

September 27, 2025

A person's a person, no matter how small.

Dr. Seuss

September 28, 2025

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Heraclitus


September 29, 2025

True charity is when you do something for someone and you don't feel compelled to tell the whole world you did it.

Jelani. K. Asantewa

September 2025