What Is Your Favorite Quote?

Question

Something that inspires you...
Something that keeps you going...
Something that you look up to...
Something that makes you laugh...
Something that makes you realize a certain thing...

Answer 1

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
~ William James


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Answer 2

I have 4 quotes/thoughts I love and believe in
No.1 To know what is right and not to do it, is the worst form of cowardice.
No.2 Those who hear not the music, think the dancer mad.
No.3 I dance....I fall, I get up I dance again.
No.4 Love NEVER lies
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This is not a quote, and not sarcasm, but so witty(down stairswit), I overheard it at a social party about 10 years ago....I giggled so much..."one lady said to the other lady...."My dear...if I ever should choose a weapon against you, I most certainly would use the English language"!....I giggled and wished I had thought of that one at many an occassion....
*smile*

Answer 3

I have too many... here are a few -

People are often unreasonable & self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

Love is inexplicable, so let's not put any laws about marriage in our Constitution.

I believe in goodness for goodness' sake, not because you're getting some reward in the afterlife. If you're being good just to get something in return, then what sort of person are you anyway?

Answer 4

Jer 29:11 (NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

I always think of this scripture when things are bad or I am going through a trial. This helps me to realize that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.

Answer 5

I have lots, because other people seem to express my thoughts much better than I do. ^^)

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. --Leo Rosten

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me. --Jack Cleary

Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." --Bill Maher

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. --Emo Philips

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. --Emo Philips

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? --Lily Tomlin

I intend to live forever. So far, so good. --Steven Wright

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. --William Shakespeare

Bilbo: I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. --J.R.R. Tolkien

There are no beginning, there are no ends, only the story that goes ever on, sometimes leaving us behind without ever knowing we had joined. --???

Answer 6

"Tomorrow has been canceled due to the lack of interest."
This has been my favorite quote for almost 16 years now, read it in a book called The Electric Coolaid Acid Test.

Answer 7

john 3:16

Answer 8

GREAT QUESTION!

"its better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all"

"there comes a time in ones life where we must firmly choose the course we follow, or the restless drift of events will make the decision for us" - herbert prochnow

"lifes not a *itch life is a beautiful woman you only call her a *itch cause she wont let you get that ****y" - aesop rock

"When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move." - sun tzu

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril." - sun tzu

Warfare is the Way of deception.
Therefore, if able, appear unable,
if active, appear not active,
if near, appear far,
if far, appear near.
If they have advantage, entice them;
if they are confused, take them,
if they are substantial, prepare for them,
if they are strong, avoid them,
if they are angry, disturb them,
if they are humble, make them haughty,
if they are relaxed, toil them,
if they are united, separate them.
Attack where they are not prepared, go out to where they do not expect. - sun tzu

Answer 9

Always forgive your enemies - Nothing annoys them so much.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
Voltaire

Let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
Elbert Hubbard

Answer 10

"Hide not your talents, They for use were made. What is a sundial, In the shade"

-Benjamin Franklin

I don't know why this one sticks with me, but somehow it does. I guess because I never was good about accepting compliments, it spoke to me. It also makes me wonder though, how modest was dear old Ben Franklin? :)

Answer 11

i got three :)

( Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true )


( To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first .)


( Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined .)