What's Your Favourite Quote?

Question

I love quotations and the one's which require a bit of thought after you have read them are the best.
I would like to build up a collection of these. So if there are any of your favourites then let me know? Also some Zen quotes please?
Thank you

Also motivational quotes :)

Answer 1

About “The Game”
1.Never seriously rely on anyone for anything. Their priorities will change without notice
2.Sure the game is rigged, but you can’t win if you don’t play.
3.There is always more than one way to win. If you can’t beat the game, beat the player
4.Always have a backup plan (see #1)

About “Life”
5.Life is not always fair. However, it is up to you what you do with what you get.
6.We control our own fate – You are where you want to be, you are doing what you want to be doing, and you are with who you want to be with. If not, then you are preparing for change.
7.The only constant in life is constant change. You can embrace the changes or become a victim of them.
8.If more than one person is involved, no one is at fault.
9.Pride is a highly desirable trait…but is often very expensive.
10.People migrate towards pleasure, and away from pain. Its amazing how often this is forgotten.
11.Everything takes longer than you expect it to, especially when you are familiar with it.
12.A team can accomplish more than the sum total of the individuals (also remember law #8)
13.To a true optimist, losing is not an option. To a true pessimist, winning is not an option.
14.Wisdom is best defined as the ability to use knowledge and experience to accurately predict an outcome
15.Intelligence is a curse. Because you live knowing the difference between how things are and how they could be.
16.The truth is something that everyone expects, what no one really wants, and what they rarely get.
17.Truth is a harsh mistress; She deals in reality and pain. With her at the helm you will have direction, can live with honor, and you never have to remember anything. Without her; you can become hopelessly lost, and despised by others. She does not like to be hidden and will let you know it!
18.It is often easier to get forgiveness than permission.

About “Problems”
19.Most people attack problems, fight problems, or try to deal with problems.. rather than solve problems. When problems are solved, they go away…. Hmmmm.
20.To solve a problem, you have to be able to accurately identify the problem root cause and correct it. If not, you are just treating the symptoms, and the problem still exists.
21.To realize any improvement, you have to change something. If you keep doing what you have been doing, you will keep getting what you have been getting. But remember! Often, improvement is gained by just following the rules.
22.You don’t fully understand something unless you can successfully explain it to someone else!
23.If you think you can’t…then you won’t.
24.A positive attitude will sometimes compensate for Murphy’s Law.
25.The meaning of “Try” is to fail. Try to pick up a cup, and the cup remains. Success means you are no longer trying.

About “Relationships”
26.A friend is someone who will help you…when they know you can’t pay them back.
27.Trust is the possession that is hardest to earn, heaviest to bear, and easiest to lose.
28.Love cannot be controlled…we cannot turn it on or off… it is the sweetest of miseries.
29.A person’s true beauty, like their true size…comes from the inside.
30.Women feel that they really think, and Men think that they really feel. When in love, men can’t think at all.
31.You will always find what you look for. Look for the good or look for the bad. Both are easily found.
32.Age is a matter of mind, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
33.Nice guys finish last because that is where they put themselves. (Their ultimate hero is the martyr)
34.No answer is always a “No” answer.
35.Most of us react according to how we are treated.

About “Self”
36.A person is defined by what they do. Talk is cheap
37.If you really want something, it will come to you. You just have to be able to recognize it when it arrives.
38.We rarely want things that are good for us….in fact, the worse for us it is, the more we want it. Go figure.
39.Personal honor is a choice. It indicates your true opinion of your own self worth.
40.The best revenge is living well and being happy, but understand that Utopia can only exist for the pure of heart.

Answer 2

"When we long for a life with no difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure. So keep smiling always."

"God has not promised skies always blue,
Flower strewn pathway all our life through,
God has not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow and peace without pain"

"Don't go the way life takes you.
Take the life the way you go .
And remember you are born to live and
not living because you are born"

"Life is a journey, not a destination"

Answer 3

Education without Experience & Exposure is Incomplete!

Answer 4

Ride your horse along the edge of a sword; hide yourself in the middle of flames....Zen saying.

Answer 5

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Answer 6

1. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
2."If the shoe fits, wear it."
3."God cures and the physician takes the fee."
4."Fine feathers make fine birds."
5."If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung."

Answer 7

"If It Is To Be...It Is Up To Me."

this quote could be turned around to say...

"If It Is Up To Me...It Is To Be."

Either way... I believe it a profound statement

Answer 8

You cannot expect the common lot to appreciate the value of things they cannot comprehend! Mic,Powell

Answer 9

Be not like the spoon which knows not the taste of the soup.

Answer 10

Every person has three images. One , which the world has about him . Another , which he thinks about himself . Third , what he actually is .