Featured Post

The End (of the Beginning)

For my blog this may be the end, but as for me, it is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. It is simply the end of the begi...

Friday, April 19, 2013

Some of My Favorite Quotes


Just a few among many of the snippets of wisdom that say so much in so few words.

"...Some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.” ― Gilda Radner

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

''Love is what I do for you. Respect is what I don't do because of you. Love is going out of my way for you. Respect is getting out of the way for you. " ―Unknown

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." ―Bill Wilson

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

“Life is more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.” ― Jimmy Buffett

"When you learn to accept instead of expect, You'll surely avoid getting hurt and you'll have fewer disappointments." ―Unknown

"We accept the love we think we deserve." ―Stephen Chbosky

"Say something silly. Laugh 'til it hurts.Take a risk. Tell a secret. Sing out loud. Rock the boat. Shake things up. Flirt with disaster." ―Unknown

“Patience is also a form of action.” ―Auguste Rodin

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all-in which case, you fail by default." ―J. K. Rowling

"Life is like a camera, just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out, just take another shot." ―Unknown

"Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into, but really hard to get out of." ―Johnny Bench

"Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you." ―Frank Tyger

"A brook would lose its song if G-d removed the rocks." ―Unknown

"Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it's stupid." ―Albert Einstein

"A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past." ―Eric Hoffer

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." ― e.e. cummings

"Anger is our natural defense against pain. So when I say I hate you, it really means 'You hurt me.'" ―Unknown

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ―Lao Tzu

"Whenever you fall, pick something up." ―Oswald Avery

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter." ―Dr. Suess

"Mistakes are what you did, not who you are. However, how you handle your mistakes is who you are." ―Unknown

"Today is the first day of the rest of your life." ―Charles Dederich

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in." ―Allen Alda

"As you grow up, you learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend, or maybe even fall in love with them...and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time-outs, and no second chances. You just have to live life to the fullest. Tell someone what they mean to you, and maybe tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love, but most of all live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back." ―Unknown

"Learn your theories well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of the living soul. Not theories but your own creative individuality alone must decide" ―Carl Jung

"The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle." ―Unknown

"Life is full of obstacle illusions." ―Grant Frazier

"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds." ―Nancy Witcher Astor Viscountess

"Frustration is the gap between expectation and reality." ―Unknown

“There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.” ―John C. Collins

“When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” ―Charles de Lint

"Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go." ―Taylor Swift

No comments:

Post a Comment

Pageviews