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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Anonymous
— Anonymous
"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
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."
— William W. Purkey
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe
— Marilyn Monroe
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
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life
18,591 people liked it
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results."
— Rita Mae Brown (Sudden Death)
— Rita Mae Brown (Sudden Death)
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln
— Abraham Lincoln
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wisdom
15,127 people liked it
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis
— C.S. Lewis
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
— Mahatma Gandhi
— Mahatma Gandhi
"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
— Robert Frost
— Robert Frost
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life
13,341 people liked it
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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women
12,296 people liked it
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
— Elbert Hubbard
— Elbert Hubbard
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
"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
— Maya Angelou
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
— Apple Computer Inc.
— Apple Computer Inc.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
— John Lennon
— John Lennon
"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
— Malcolm X
— Malcolm X
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
— William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
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wisdom
10,654 people liked it
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel
— Elie Wiesel
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"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
— Albert Einstein
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
— Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan)
— Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan)
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)
"Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
— Robert Maynard Hutchins
— Robert Maynard Hutchins
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. (as said by Miss Piggy)"
— Jim Henson
— Jim Henson
tags:
humor
8,346 people liked it
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
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