Veronica > Veronica's Quotes

“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

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Study hard... so that you can be someone in this life.”
― Antonio Olinto, The Water House

“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
― Virginia Woolf

“There’s this moment when I first wake, a moment where I forget that you left me, that you didn’t want me. And for just a second, everything is perfect and I reach for you, but you’re not there. And then I remember, and I can’t breathe. So I lock away all of the want and need, all of the pain, until I can breathe again. And if that makes me a cold bastard, so be it. It’s what I have to do to survive.”
― Stormy Glenn-Sparkle and Purr

“Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks.”
― Simone Elkeles, Return to Paradise

“Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake”
― Alexander Pope, Moral Essays

“They minute people fall in love they become liars.”
― Harlan Ellison

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett

“Yes, I decided, a man can truly change. The events of the past year have taught me much about myself, and a few universal truths. I learned, for instance, that while wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them. Yet the process of healing those wounds provided the richest experience of my life, leading me to believe that while I've often overestimated what I could accomplish in a day, I had underestimated what I could do in a year. But most of all, I learned that it's possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there's been a lifetime of disappointment between them.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.”
― Phyllis Diller

“What the hell is that?" I laughed.
"It's my fox hat."
"Your fox hat?"
"Yeah, Pudge. My fox hat."
"Why are you wearing your fox hat?" I asked.
"Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Don't be so humble - you are not that great.”
― Golda Meir

“I can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I'm a bad girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that's how I know I'm a woman!”
― C. JoyBell C.

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
― Confucius

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
― Confucius

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
― Confucius

“Study the past if you would define the future.”
― Confucius

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
― Confucius