Martina > Martina's Quotes

“It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!”
― Nicholas Sparks

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“If I get married, I want to be very married.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“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

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

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“There is no sin except stupidity.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything

“Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
― oscar wilde

“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
― Oscar Wilde

“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Mr. Dumby, Act III)”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being”
― Oscar Wilde

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
― Oscar Wilde

“One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”
― Oscar Wilde