I need a quote...?

Question

i want it to be something insightful, not sarcastic or gross. A girl is giving a speech on me, and i told her that i would come up with a quote for her...

this is the quote i ended up choosing, thank you all for your ideas, i just picked a best answer randomly
(Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. -Jim Rohn)

Answer 1

Like branches of a tree we grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one. Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other's.

True friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

People love others not for who they are, but for how they make us feel.

Answer 2

I'm not sure what you want - beautiful, bright, bouncy, etc., but here is my list on SELF
SELF.
The old man said, if you dwell with your neighbor, be as a column of stone, which if it is harmed, does not become angry; if it is praised, is not lifted up.
Sayings of the Egyptian FathersMartin of Braga
Rom. 15:14 what does it mean to be filled with goodness? Think a moment about a water-saturated sponge. If we push down with our fingers even slightly, water runs out onto the table, We immediately know what fills the interior pockets of the sponge. We can tell what fills us on the inside by what comes out under pressure.
PROVIDENCE
Stories of an individuals life are the closest we can come to explaining their uniqueness.
Groucha Marx Take care of me. I am the only one I've got.
In p. 59 of M. Marty's Religion & Republic

Thy lot or portion in live is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it. Caliph Ali

A woman excitedly told her friends about the first aid class she completed:
Why just yesterday, I was driving down 53rd St. when I heard this awful crash behind me. I jammed on the brakes and ran back to find a car wrapped around a telephone pole. When I got to the injured driver, it was just teribble…blood was everywhere. My knees went limp and I didn’t know what to do. But all at once, I remembered something from my first-aid training. Immediately I bent down and put my head between my knees and it worked. I didn’t even faint.M. Kelley
Give someone 5 seconds to estimae the answer to this problem:
8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1= and someone else a similar amout of time to estimage 1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8=. Although the numbers are the same, the 2 answers will usually be quiet different. The average number guessed for the first problem is 2250. The average answer for the second is 512. The actual # is 40320. Why was the first answer 4 x over the esitmate for the second number? FIRST IMPRESSIONS>
From the Pryor Report
There is an old Hindu legend about a time when everyone had the wisdom of the gods, but people abused the privilege. Brahma decided that the knowledge of that wisdom should be hidden where it is very difficult to find. One suggested, “Let’s bury it deep within the earth.” “No, people will dig down in the earth and find it.” “Then let’s put it into the deepest ocean.” Again Braham shook his head, “No, people will learn to dive and find it there someday.” “Why don’t we hide it on the tallest mountain?” “No people can climb the highest mountain. I have a better place. Let’s hide id won inside of people. They’ll never think to look there.” J. Griffith

Let him that wold move the world, first move himself. Socrates
Self Pity is a violation of the 1st commandment
Thomas Merton: A Zen master said to his disciples: "Go get my rhinoceros horn fan." Disciple: "Sorry, Master, it is broken." Master: "Okay, then get me the rhinoceros."

In a famous study, Inge Broverman asked 49 males and 33 females who where clinicians to identify from a list of personality traits that described healthy men or healthy women or healthy adults. The answers showed basic agreement among the clinicians, regardless of their sex. They defined the healthy man and healthy mature adult identically. There was, however, a significant difference between these descriptions and that of a psychologically healthy woman.

CEO's identify the most sought after qualities as integrity, self-confidence, physical and mental fitness, the ability to think strategically, and a facility for communicating ideas.
ManagingHuman Resource

People work for money, but they live for recognition.
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us. Horace Mann
Women's self-image as culturally described:
In Conflict and Orderp. 363
Most of us devine ourselves by staring into the looking glass of humanity.Weisberg
We are all special cases.Camus
Jung gave us the insight that if we continue to feel poor when we have enough of the world’s goods, it is because we have not given sufficient attention to the claims of the inner person.
The world stands out on either side no wider than the heart is wide. Above the world is stretched the sky, no higher than the soul is high. E.V. Millay "Renascence"

Answer 3

Is it a friendship thing or something or is there a subject? :

Quote: The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
Author: Francis H. Bradley 1846-1924, British Philosopher


If you want more here is a great site-that gives quotes and the source it came from. Good luck!

Answer 4

I read this in a book from Joan Bauer. The character Ivy Breedlove said...

"You've got to get behind a person's public mask to find the real humanity."

I especially like this one because it basically means, don't judge a book by it's cover.

Answer 5

What do you want the quote to be about? Friendship? Character? We need a little more information as to what you are looking for.

Answer 6

It's better to be fool 5 minutes than forever!

Answer 7

Life is but a passing dream, but the death that follows is eternal.

Answer 8

"It is better to be thought a fool then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Answer 9

....then actually , YOU should be the one coming up with the quote...or else, how about this one..."If she can't find the answer, she'll find someone who can."

Answer 10

good better best never let it rest until your good gets better and your better becomes your best :)