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Ideas Quotes

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You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one. – Albert Einstein

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. – Albert Einstein

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. – Albert Einstein

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. – Mark Twain

You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing. – Warren Buffett

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. – Thomas Jefferson

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. – Thomas Jefferson

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. – John F. Kennedy

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger’s skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas. – John F. Kennedy

Ideas Quotes“I don’t know exactly where ideas come from. It’s just a matter of us figuring out how to receive the ideas waiting to be heard.” – Jim Henson

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. – Coco Chanel

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. – Aristotle

College isn’t the place to go for ideas. – Helen Keller

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings. – Walt Disney

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I’m afraid that’s not quite right. – Bill Gates

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. – Henry Ford

Great ideas originate in the muscles.  – Thomas A. Edison

God screens us evermore from premature ideas. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas. – Bob Dylan

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use? – Dale Carnegie

Inspiring Quotes on Life

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take” – Wayne Gretzky

“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want” – Unknown

“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you area vegetarian” – Dennis Wholey

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” – Marcel Pagnol

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was” – Richard L. Evans

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not”- Unknown

Inspiring Quotes on Friendship

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“A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out” – Walter Winchell

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar”- Unknown

“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew” – Henry Rollins

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer”-Ed Cunningham

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher” – Oprah Winfrey

“A friend is a person before whom I may think aloud” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Living Quotes

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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

Living QuotesNothing 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

Wednesday’s Quotes

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This is just a random list of great quotes, but because today is Wednesday, let’s call them Wednesday’s Quotes :)

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills

“To dream of the person you wish to be is to waste the person you are.” – Author Unknown

“Do what you can with what you’ve got wherever you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” – Henry Van Dyke

“It is not length of Life, but depth of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might just be the world.” – Author Unknown

“The same hammer that breaks the glass forges the steel.” – Russian Proverb

“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” – Author Unknown

“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” – Tim McGraw

“And sometimes when you turn, there is a shoulder to lean upon, a smile to believe in, a hand to hold. Those are the times your faith in the world is restored.” – Nirvikar Dahiya

“Laughter is the music of life.” – Sir William Osler

Cute Friendship Quotes

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I almost forgot what great pleasure is to share cute friendship quotes, but now we can recover :)

Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend. – Albert Camus

Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure. – Jewish Saying

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. – Aristotle

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. – Fr. Jerome Cummings

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends. – Cindy Lew

The only way to have a friend is to be one. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. – Swedish Proverb

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. – Abraham Lincoln

Hold a true friend with both your hands. – Nigerian Proverb

Friendship needs no words… – Dag Hammarskjold

A faithful friend is the medicine of life. – Apocrypha

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same. – Anonymous

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. – Elbert Hubbard

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. – John Evelyn

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. – Baltasar Gracian

Friends are the sunshine of life. – John Hay

The best mirror is an old friend. – George Herbert

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. – Walter Winchell

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow. – Samuel Paterson

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. – Anonymous

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship. – Pietro Aretino

One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. – Hasidic Saying

Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try. – Claude Mermet

Count your age with friends but not with years. – Anonymous

Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness. – Lois L. Kaufman

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. – Hillaire Belloc

Top 10 Doing Your Best Quotes

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1. I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results. ~ Michael Jordan

2. You’ve just got to do the best that you can. ~ Drew Barrymore

3. When you reach the top, keep climbing. ~ Proverb

4. Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ~ Oprah Winfrey

5. We must become the change we want to see. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

6. Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly. ~ Mae West

7. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Leonardo da Vinci

8. You just don’t luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities. ~ Barbara Bush

9. “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. “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

Follow your Dreams Quotes

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Did you get the piece of motivation for today? No? Let me share with you some cool Follow Your Dreams Quotes :)

First, say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus

A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions. – Marcus Aurelius

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. – Jean Paul Richter

Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source. – Publilius Syrus

Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful. – Benjamin Franklin

There is nothing like a dream to create the future. – Victor Hugo

Every man believes he has a greater possibility. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. – William Shakespeare

What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not. – St. Augustine

In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. – Henry David Thoreau

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise. – Frederick Schiller

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. – Karl von Clausewitz

We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not fear the voice of dissent. – J. William Fulbright

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what may happen. – Herodotus

We are all of us made more graceful by the inward presence of what we believe to be a generous purpose; our actions move to a hidden music — ‘a melody that’s sweetly pitched in tune.’ – George Eliot

Famous Quotes

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“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.” – Paulo Coelho

“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.” – Robert Schuller

“Success doesn’t make you and failure doesn’t break you” – Zig Ziglar

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein

“The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television” – Andrew Ross

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” – Washington Irving

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie

“If you understand life, you must be misinformed.” – Paulo Coelho

“Two great talkers will not travel far together.” – Spanish Proverb

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Goodbye without reasons is the most painful one. Love without reasons is the most beautiful one.” – Dhanti Praspani

“Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else.” – Ivern Ball

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We do not remember days, we remember moments” – Cesare Pavese

“Superior men are modest in speech but exceed in actions” – Confucius

10 Beauty Quotes

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Let me share with you 10 Beauty Quotes to make your day better. Please comment and tell me you’re favorite beauty quote from this list (or from your own list). Thanks!

1. “The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.” – Ashley Smith

2. “Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.” – Mark Overby

3. “No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.” – Oscar Wilde

4. “It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.” – Oscar Wilde

5. “It’s beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.” – Ivan Panin

6. “Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “Pretty is something you’re born with. But beautiful, that’s an equal opportunity adjective.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

8. “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it” – Confucius

9. “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart” – Helen Keller

10. “It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before” – Jane Austen

Bonus: “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” – Kahlil Gibran