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Nice Quotes

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He who is contented is rich. – Lao Tzu

Earth laughs in flowers.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared. – The Buddha

Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. – Marianne Williamson

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. – Marianne Williamson

Be gentle first with yourself. – Lama Yeshe

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way. – Mary Anne Radmacher

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…
It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how to respond to them. – Epictetus

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

From caring comes courage. – Lao Tzu

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Maimonides

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. – Lee Ann Womack

The Famous Last Words of Famous People

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This, is the last of earth. I am content. – Adams John Quincy

For my name and memory, I leave it to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages. – Bacon Sir Francis

Let’s roll. – Todd Beamer

Don’t die like I did. – George Best

Work hard to gain your own salvation. – Buddha

Hallo, the bow is up… I’m going… I’m on my back… I’ve gone. Oh. – Donald Campbell

Let not poor Nelly starve. – King Charles II

Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way. – Erskine Childers

It’s better to burn out than to fade away. – Kurt Cobain

My design is to make what haste I can to be gone. – Oliver Cromwell

I do not believe in my death. – Salvador Dali

My God. What’s happened? – Diana, Princess of Wales

Adieu, mes amis. Je vais à la gloire. (Farewell, my friends. I go to glory.) – Isadora Duncan

Bugger Bognor! – King George V

Mehr Licht! (More light!) – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don’t waste any time in mourning – organize. – Joe Hill

On the contrary. – Henrik Ibsen

Be of good comfort Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle by God’s grace in England, as (I trust) shall never be put out. – Hugh Latimer

Strike the tent. – Robert E. Lee

I’m shot. – John Lennon

I told you I was ill. – Spike Milligan

This hath not offended the king. – Thomas More

Thank God, I have done my duty. – Horatio Nelson

I am just going outside and may be some time. – Captain Lawrence Oates

What do I tell the pilot to do? – Barbara Olson

Die, my dear Doctor, that’s the last thing I shall do! – Lord Henry Temple Palmerston

I believe that a life lived for music is an existence spent wonderfully, and this is what I have dedicated my life to. – Luciano Pavarotti

I think I could eat one of Bellamy’s veal pies. – William Pitt

Let me go to the house of the Father. – Pope John Paul II

I hope I haven’t bored you. – Elvis Presley

I have a long journey to take, and must bid the company farewell. – Walter Ralegh

So little done, so much to do. – Cecil Rhodes

Lord take my soul, but the struggle continues. – Ken Saro-Wiwa

They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance. – General John Sedgwick

“What is the answer?” No answer came. She laughed and said, “In that case what is the question?” – Gertrude Stein

If this is dying, then I don’t think much of it. – Lytton Strachey

Relax – This won’t hurt. – Hunter S. Thompson

One of us must go. – Oscar Wilde

Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Great Collection of Quotes

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* “A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.” ~ Keyes
* “There is no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” ~ Unknown
* “Be with the ones you love (and the ones that love you.) Ignore everyone else.” ~ Seth Godin
* “Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It’s to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.” ~ Seth Godin
* “Let love rule.” ~ Lenny Kravitz
* “Are you a serial idea-starting person? The goal is to be an idea-shipping person.” ~ Seth Godin
* “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” ~ Bruce Lee
* “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
* “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” ~ Oscar Wilde
* “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
* “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~ Lao Tzu
* “The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.” ~ Gloria Steinem
* “Let the sunshine in. When you are lonely, let it shine. You gotta open up your heart, and let it shine on in.” ~ The Fifth Dimension
* “Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.” ~ Albert Einstein
* “Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I take the one I’ve never tried.” ~ Mae West
* “If you let go a little, you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be completely happy.” ~ Ajahn Chah
* “We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.” ~ W.H. Auden
* “Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman, giving all your love to just one man…” ~ Tammy Wynette
* “A blind pig can sometimes find a truffle. But it helps to know that they’re found in oak forests.” ~ David Ogilvy
* “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
* “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” ~ Mark Twain
* “On the whole human history is a record of the ways in which human nature has been sold short. The highest possibilities of human nature have practically always been underrated.” ~ Abraham Maslow
* “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ~ William Shakespeare
* “Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ~ Ella Fitzgerald
* “If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is… it’s not enough.” ~ Ann Landers
* “Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth.” ~ Frank Zappa
* “All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.” ~ Thomas Browne
* “It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.” ~ Sara Teasdale
* “I say follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.” ~ Joseph Campbell
* “Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.” ~ Boethius
* “He whose peace is not shaken by others, and before whom other people find peace, beyond excitement and anger and fear – he is dear to me.” ~ Bhagavad-Gita
* “He who in his early days was unwise but later found wisdom, he sheds a light over the world like that of the moon when free from clouds.” ~ Buddha
* “Love taken seriously is a radical outlook, a major departure from the psychological orientation that rules the world. It is threatening not because it is a small idea, but because it is huge.” ~ Marianne Wiliamson
* “At the heart of my programme is the simple truth that happy marriages are based on a deep friendship. By this I mean a mutual respect for and enjoyment of each others company.” ~ John M Gottman
* “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” ~ James Dean
* “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone that can do him absolutely no good.” ~ Samuel Johnson
* “Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
* “A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.” ~ Fr. Jerome Cummings
* “In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
* “A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you’ve forgotten it.” ~ Unknown
* “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” ~ Bible Corinthians
* “There are many more beautiful landscapes in the world, but none, I think, that can shape a man’s heart in so sovereign a way… The desert is bare and clean and knows no compromise. It sweeps out of the heart of man all the lovely fantasies that could be used as a masquerade for wishful thinking, and thus makes him free to surrender himself to an Absolute that has no image: the farthest of all that is fear and the nearest of all that is near.” ~ Muhammad Asaf
* “He spoke of very simple things – that it is right for a seagull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form.” ~ Richard Bach – Jonathan Livingston Seagull
* “I think the real miracle is not to walk on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don;t even recognise: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes or a child – our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” ~ Thuch Nat Hanh
* “I’d rather have the whole world against me than my own soul, and this soul reveals itself in a state of gratitude and love.” ~ John F Demartini
* “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~ Confucious
* “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” ~ Bible
* “There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.” ~ Anya Seton
* “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
* “Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it… It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” ~ Erica Jong

Peace Quotes

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“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.” – John Lennon

“Peace begins with a smile.” – Mother Teresa

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein

“Peace is its own reward.” – Mohandas Gandhi

“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” – Moshe Dayan

“The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.” – George Carlin

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.” – Dalai Lama

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Famous Death Quotes

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“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” – Buddha

“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.” – Albert Einstein

“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” – Mark Twain

“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers

“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” – Edgar Allan Poe

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” – Mark Twain

“No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.” – Plato

Famous Anger Quotes

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca

“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” – Maya Angelou

“He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny

“Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.” – Mohandas Gandhi

“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.” – Mark Twain

“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” – William Congreve

“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha

“Anyone can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time and for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy.” – Aristotle

“Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words.” – Dr. Joyce Brothers

Buddha Quotes

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– “A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
– “A jug fills drop by drop.”
– “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
– “All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
– “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”

– “Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.”

– “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

– “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

– “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

– “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”

– “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

– “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

– “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”

– “Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.”

– “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

– “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”

– “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”

– “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”

– “He is able who thinks he is able.”

– “He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”

Opinion Quotes

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– “Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy

– “Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice. ” – Abraham Lincoln

– “People with opinions just go around bothering each other.” – Buddha

– “To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. Its condemnation may be allowed to rest on this common argument, not the worse for being common.” – John Stuart Mill

– “My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.” – William Jones

– “We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.” – John Stuart Mill

– “The world is governed by opinion.” – Thomas Hobbes

– “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Aurelius

– “It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” – William Ralph Inge

– “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you!” – Unknown

– “Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F Kennedy

– “Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.” – Katherine Mansfield