I love quotes - What is your favourite quote/s?

Question

I'm feeling as if I'm flagging in life recently.

Anyone got any motivating quotes, or ones which are honest about the limitations of life?

Wow I feel better already!

Keep them coming.... its rather intriging to see what rules almost peopel live by!

Wow.... There have been some fantastic answers... I can't pick a favourite!

There is something very curious about knowing people's favourite quotes... it is for some reason really interesting.

Answer 1

"Not all those who wander are lost." - JRR Tolkien, TLOTR

Answer 2

Not a quote exactly - but something I try to remember when I know I'm about to put my foot in my mouth= maybe it motivates me to shut up!
The moving finger writes and have writ moves on, all your piety or wit can't draw it back to cancel half a line - nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
I may have distorted the words a little of the years - time does that.

Answer 3

Faith may go beyond human reason, but human reason cannot go beyond Faith.
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There is no strength without suffering.
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To experience a win to its fullest, you must experience a loss first.
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To live is to love and to love is to live.
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For every end there is a beginning, but not every beginning has an end.
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The Truth hurts sometimes but it is the Truth that will set you free.
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Deep wounds may heal but scars remain.
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Give a man a fish, he eats for a day; Teach the man how to fish, he eats for a lifetime.
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True freedom does not come from doing whatever you feel like doing; True freedom comes from doing what should be done.
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Sometimes the best way to hear God is in the silence.
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A Mystery is something we can never fully understand (like God), but continually reveals itself little by little to us if we seek that Mystery.

Answer 4

I like the Noel Coward story when he was a committee member of the Brighton school for the blind, St Dunstans.

He was staying Brighton one weekend with friends who had a young son who was very fond of Noel. The young boy eventually wore down Cowards resistance and Noel agreed to take the boy for a walk after their Sunday lunch.

As they walked along the seafront, the boy noticed two dogs, who were fornicating in the street. Noel tried to distract the youngster, but the boy was fascinated and shouted to his 'Uncle'..."What are they doing Uncle Noel?"

Thinking quickly Coward replied..."The first little doggy has gone blind and his friend is pushing him all the way to St Dunstans!"

Answer 5

A friend in need isa friend indeed , this is my best quote, that i deal with in my life with friends, since i am a sociable person i am always trying to be with friends and in groupe not out of it, so this proverb or this quote is some thing very important for me,

Answer 6

We use this site all the time,the following seems appropriate given your question - "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."
My two favourites are - "While you teach, you learn." and "Carpe Diem - 'Seize the day"
It's also good for reminding you not to use cliches in business speak.

Answer 7

Ancient Greek one , Time schools the wise,

Answer 8

An aristocratic lady is supposed to have said to Winston Churchill - "Sir, you are drunk!"
To which he is supposed to have replied, "Yes, madam, but you are ugly and I shall be sober in the morning!"

Answer 9

Walter Sobchak from the Big Lebowski:

'Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.'

Answer 10

Never trust a man, who when left alone in a room with a tea -cosy doesn't try it on.
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He who laughs last is thick!

Answer 11

Battle ye not with monsters, lest ye become one. And if ye gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss will also gaze into you.