Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts

Monday, January 16, 2012

Best Quotes From The Best People

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde




“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin




“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.”
― André Gide




“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Albert Einstein




“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
― Maya Angelou




“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul





“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” 
― Mark Twain




“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” 
― 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




“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




“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” 
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday To You!




“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.” 
― Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight




“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” 
― Lewis Carroll