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Quotes by Hans Christian Andersen - (15 quotes)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Children category:

- planning music for his funeral...
Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Happiness category:

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Innocence category:

- The Emperor's New Clothes...
'Good heavens! listen to the voice of an innocent child,' said the father, and one whispered to the other what the child had said. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Inspiration category:

Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Joy category:

Joy prompts courage. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Life category:

'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.' (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Life category:

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Life category:

My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Listening category:

When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Miracles category:

The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Music category:

Where words fail, music speaks. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Questions category:

- The Garden of Paradise...
Well, that's not easy to answer when the question is so stupidly put... (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Travel category:

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, / To roam the roads of lands remote: To travel is to live. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Wonder category:

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen - From the Work category:

My life will be the best illustration of all my work. (Hans Christian Andersen)