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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."
— Dr. Seuss
— Dr. Seuss
"Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Never judge a book by its movie."
— J.W. Eagan
— J.W. Eagan
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
tags:
life
1994 people liked it
"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
"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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1684 people liked it
"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
— Groucho Marx
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. "
— Mahatma Gandhi
— Mahatma Gandhi
"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 so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel
— Elie Wiesel
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
— John Lennon
— John Lennon
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
tags:
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1280 people liked it
"Women are like teabags, you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
tags:
women
1271 people liked it
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare
— William Shakespeare
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wisdom
1247 people liked it
"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)
"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
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round heads in the square holes. 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 them, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And 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."
— Jack Kerouac
— Jack Kerouac
"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it."
— Swedish proverb
— Swedish proverb
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss
— Dr. Seuss
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
"Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"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
tags:
dreams
1098 people liked it
"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 frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
"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
"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
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
tags:
strength
978 people liked it
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
— Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
— Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
"Sometimes we have to choose between what is right and what is easy.
--Albus Dumbledore"
— J.K. Rowling
--Albus Dumbledore"
— J.K. Rowling
"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."
— Miss Piggy
— Miss Piggy
tags:
humor
953 people liked it
"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
"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. "
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt
— Theodore Roosevelt
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
— Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan (Penguin Popular Classics))
— Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan (Penguin Popular Classics))
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities 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
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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