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Living Quotes

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. – Helen Keller

You’re only here for a short visit. So don’t forget to stop and smell the roses. – Walter Hagen

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. – Joseph Campbell

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. – Jim Rohn

Life is a long lesson in humility. – James M. Barrie

“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path. – Khalil Gibran

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. – Paul Tournier

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

When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. – Khalil Gibran

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. – Mother Teresa

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. – Lord Chesterfield

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. – The Buddha

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

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank

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. – The Buddha

What’s done is done. – William Shakespeare

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. – Mother Teresa

Be gentle first with yourself. – Lama Yeshe

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Anonymous

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. – Joseph Campbell

Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional. – Buddhist proverb

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. – Mark Twain

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. – Brigitte Bardot

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. – Elie Wiesel

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

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

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Every wall is a door. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Personal Growth Quotes

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Big doors swing on little hinges.” – W. Clement Stone

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill

“We find comfort among those who agree with us– growth among those who don’t.” – Frank A Clark

” Sometimes success is better measured in smiles received, giggles heard, and hands held, than in dollars earned, deadlines met, and kilos shed.” – Mike Dooley

“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.” – Lao Tzu

” Forget the past; use the present to plan for the future.” – Refilwe Henny Muremi

“It not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know.” – Anthony Robbins

“The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” – Socrates

“If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.” – Lord Chesterfield

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

“Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.” – Plato

“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” – Doug Firebaugh

“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” – Denis Waitley

“Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.” – John Maxwell

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.” – Napoleon Hill

“Insist on yourself. Never imitate.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

“A man who finds no satisfaction in himself will seek for it in vain elsewhere.” – La Rochefoucauld

“Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours.” – Swedish Proverb

“You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.” –Albert Einstein

Funny Quotes about Friends

Posted on October 8, 2010October 8, 2010 by

– “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” – Oscar Wilde

– “A true friend stabs you in the front.” – Oscar Wilde

– “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde

– “I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.” – Oscar Wilde

– “It is a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.” – Benjamin Franklin

– “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer

– “Marriage is a sort of friendship recognized by the police.” – Anonymous

– “A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.” – Doug Larson

– “Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.” – Anonymous

– “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx

– “Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.” – Anonymous

– “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

– “Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

– “Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families.” – Anonymous

– “A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.” – Erma Bombeck

– “A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend – and he’s a priest.” – Erma Bombeck

– “One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.” – Clifton Fadiman

– “Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.” – Lord Chesterfield

– “A lifelong friend is someone you haven’t borrowed money from yet.” – Anonymous

– “A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.” – Abraham Lincoln

– “Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.” – Peter Ustinov

– “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius

– “One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.” – George Carlin

– “A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail. A best friend is the one sitting next to you saying “boy was that fun.”” – The Maugles

– “Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.” – Samuel Butler

– “Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.” – Horace Walpole

– “You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” – Harry S. Truman

– “I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.” – Mark Twain