What is your favourite quote/saying?

Question

From movies/books/philosophers/celebrities etc...?

Answer 1

Do not tell your problems to people. 80% do not care, the other 20% are glad you have them. Lou holtz

Answer 2

'It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.'

Theodore Roosevelt 1910

Answer 3

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

Nelson Mandela

Answer 4

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Quote from, John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848).

Answer 5

"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad."

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are reaching for the stars"

"The ant has made himself illustrious
By constant industry industrious
So what? Would you be calm and placid
If you were filled with formic acid?"

"Buy land: they've stopped making it"

"I like deadlines - I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by"

Princess Leia: I love you.
Han Solo: I know.

Answer 6

Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream - Malcolm muggeridge

and

when people show you who they are believe them the first time - Oprah winfrey

and

I was brought up to believe that success is the best form of revenge - Meera syal

Answer 7

My favorite quote, by Nikos Kazantzakis, the most celebrated Greek writer, who said

"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired".

Answer 8

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful, strive to be happy.

from The Desiderata of Happiness by Max Ehrmann

Answer 9

Actually I adopted this one from my late wife; it comes from the Book of Proverbs, and she learnt it as a child from her Dad : "Trust in the Lord in all your ways, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and he will direct your paths." I'm 86 this month, and served 5 years as an RAF Pilot in WW2, and I can vouch for the effectiveness of that advice.

God bless you, too.

Answer 10

while the rose blows along the margins brink
with old khayam the ruby vintage drink
and when the angel with his darker draught draws up to thee
take that and do not shrink.

rubaiyat