Friendship Quotes – a large collection of famous and inspirational quotes
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Life is too short to wake up in the morning with no regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t. And believe that everything happens for a reason… if you get a chance – take it; if it changes your life – let it. Nobody said that it would be easy… they just promised it would be worth it.
“The question is not ‘Is there life after death?’ The question is, ‘Is there life before death?’” — Alan Cohen
“Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.” –Unknown
“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” — James Russell Lowel
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” –Unknown
“Tell your boss what you think of him, and the truth shall set you free.” – Unknown
“This above all; to thine own self be true.” — William Shakespeare
“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain
“We are always getting ready to live, but never living” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only time a woman succeeds in changing a man is when he’s a baby.” — Natalie Wood
“I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin
“When you invest your time and energy in stuff that drags you down, you die a little bit every day.” – Alan Cohen
“The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.” –Paul Fix
“Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.” –Henry James
“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” –Susan Erz
“Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead.” –Scottish Proverb
“If you’re going through Hell, keep going.” –Winston Churchill
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” –Anne Frank
“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” –Mark Twain
“To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.” –Alan Cohen
“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” –Noel Coward
“If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.” — Regina Brett
“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?” — Scott Adams
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” –Wayne Gretzky
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” –Will Rogers
“Doing your best in this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” –Oprah Winfrey
“I may not be the most beautiful, or the sexiest, nor do I have the perfect body. But I don’t pretend to be someone I’m not, I’m good at being me. I might not be proud of some of the things I’ve done in my past, but I’m proud of who I am today. nobody is perfect, but that’s what makes everything interesting.” – Unknown
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. – Robert Bloch
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. – Unknown
Everyone has photographic memory; some just don’t have the film. – Unknown
Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else. – Unknown
Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die. – Unknown
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans – John Lennon
Borrow money from a pessimist – they don’t expect it back. – Unknown
You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it. – Unknown
Summer is the season when the air pollution is much warmer – Unknown
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. – Maryon Pearson
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? – Unknown
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. – Unknown
What do you mean, my birth certificate expired? – Unknown
When I eventually met Mr Right I had no idea that his first name was Always. – Rita Rudner
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.” — William W. Purkey
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” — Robert Frost
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” — Oscar Wilde
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” — Douglas Adams
“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.” — André Gide
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.” — Mother Teresa
There are a lot of people who wrote things about life. Let me show you what some of them tell us. Some wonderful life quotes just for you. Enjoy!
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. – Carl Sandburg
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it. – Salma Hayek
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – Oprah Winfrey
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity. – R. I. Fitzhenry
Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced. – Edward Norton
Life is a field of unlimited possibilities. – Deepak Chopra
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. – Les Brown
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. – Ann Landers
We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. – Robin Sharma
Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes. – Agnes Turnbull
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. – Bible
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. – Bernard M. Baruch
Life is like riding a bicycle – in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. – John Gardner
Life is a progress, and not a station. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. – Vernon Howard
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. – Albert Camus
Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living. – Tom O’Connor
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. – Henry James
Keep breathing. – Sophie Tucker
Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have. – Rhonda Britten
Go ahead with your life, your plans…. Don’t waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started. – Richard L. Evans
If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. – Elizabeth Bowen
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. – Katharine Hespburn
I’ve selected for you 10 Inspiring Quotes for a better day. Enjoy!
“Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.” – Polly Berends
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
“Courage is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” – John Mitchell
“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” – Julia Alvarez
“The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.” – Brian Tracy
“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.” – Clare Booth Luce
“If you see a difference between where you are and where you want to be – consciously change your thoughts, words, and actions to match your grandest vision.” – Neal Donald Walsch
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
What’s your favorite?
“All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.” – H. L. Mencken
“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?” – Scott Adams
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” – Oscar Wilde
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” – Anonymous
“Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” – Cullen Hightower
“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.” – John Wilmot
“I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.” – Anonymous
“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.” – A. Whitney
“I’ve gone into hundreds of [fortune-teller’s parlors], and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her.” – New York City detective
“Remember: Don’t Insult the Alligator till after you cross the river.” – Anonymous
Happiness is always knocking on your door, you just gotta let it in.
It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
Success comes in cans, not cant’s.
Put your future in good hands – your own.
I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Always act like you’re wearing an invisible crown.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. –Dr. Seuss
Knock the “t” off the “can’t.”
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs.
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.
I’m Never The Less; Always The MORE!
I’m the Best You NEVER Had.
I’m the Best to Ever Do It Bitch & You the Best At Never Doing Shit!
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
Stupidity got us into this mess – why can’t it get us out?
Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand.
Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason.
An optimist thinks that this is the best possible world. A pessimist fears that this is true.
There is always death and taxes; however death doesn’t get worse every year.
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
It’s easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
I don’t mind going nowhere as long as it’s an interesting path.
Anything free is worth what you pay for it.
Indecision is the key to flexibility.
It hurts to be on the cutting edge.
If it ain’t broke, fix it till it is.
I don’t get even, I get odder.
In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
I always wanted to be a procrastinator, never got around to it.
Dijon vu – the same mustard as before.
I am a nutritional overachiever.
My inferiority complex is not as good as yours.
I am having an out of money experience.
I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
I am in shape. Round is a shape.
Not afraid of heights – afraid of widths.
Practice safe eating – always use condiments.
A day without sunshine is like night.
I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.
If marriage were outlawed, only outlaws would have in-laws.
I am not a perfectionist. My parents were though.
Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like.
You’re getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
One of life’s mysteries is how a two pound box of candy can make a woman gain five pounds.
It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Time may be a great healer, but it’s also a lousy beautician.
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.
Age doesn’t always bring wisdom, sometimes age comes alone.
Life not only begins at forty, it begins to show.
You don’t stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stopped laughing.
