what is the most inspirational, uplifting quote you know & love?
2006-07-11 13:59:41 · 19 answers · asked by wonderwoman 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The big things in life are really the little things.
2006-07-11 14:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sunnidaze 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As I once said: "Life is like philosophy - It makes lttle sense, but is a great way to waste your time."
Message: I didn't realize it at the time, but I suppose I was saying not to get too caught up in life, because the real importance comes afterwards.
2006-07-11 21:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by jucuzziphilosopher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That something Happened to you is of no impratance to anyone. Not even you. The important thing about you is what you choose to make happen.
-You Values and Choices.
That which happened by accident
-What Family you were born into,
- In what country, and where you went to school
-Is totally unimportant.
-Ayn Rand.
2006-07-11 21:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by zack32460 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three are tied for first.
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
-Confucius
"For what has a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
-Mark 8:36
"The irony of the situation is....you could write a song about it."
-Nikki Donahue
2006-07-11 21:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by Steve-O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u cry because the sun doesn't let you see the stars then the moon...no it was not like this...if u cry because of the moon then u wont be able to see the tears in the stars...well it was something like that and it meant that if you cry at night then the sun wont let you see the moon, or that if you cry to the moon the sun...well whatever but it was a very beautiful Chinese or Japanese or something like that proverb
2006-07-11 22:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by whoknows 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got two. "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" (don't know the origin of that one) and "since feeling is first/who pays attention/to the syntax of things/will never wholly kiss you"-E.E. Cummings, from his poem "since feeling is first"
2006-07-12 01:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. -Benjamin Franklin -
I love this quote because it reminds me to value every minute of every day. Life's short, ENJOY!
2006-07-11 21:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
learn from yesterday,live for today,hope for tomorrow. the important thing is to never stop questioning. Albert Einstein
2006-07-11 21:05:29 · answer #8 · answered by Luvbuz01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it." ~William Arthur Ward
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." ~ Winston Churchill
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ~ Sir Winston Churchill
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." ~Winston Churchill
2006-07-11 21:45:56 · answer #9 · answered by gwen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carpe Nox -- seize the night
me
2006-07-11 21:07:50 · answer #10 · answered by keats27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋