quotes - what is your favourite quote?

Answer 1

Forgive its length, but it is my favorite quote of all time, and has often helped me.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

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

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

Answer 2

Benjamin Franklin: Please, Mr. Dickinson, but must you start banging? How is a man to sleep?

John Dickinson: Forgive me, Doctor Franklin, but must you start speaking? How is a man to stay awake?

John Dickinson: We'll promise to be quiet, sir. I'm sure everyone prefers that you remain asleep.

Benjamin Franklin: If I'm to hear myself called an Englishman, sir, I assure I prefer I'd remained asleep.

John Dickinson: What's so terrible about being called an Englishman? The English don't seem to mind.

this is the funny part and the quote. btw the difference between an ox and a bull is that an ox is a neutered bull

Benjamin Franklin: Nor would I, were I given the full rights of an Englishman. But to call me one without those rights is like calling an ox a bull. He's thankful for the honor, but he'd much rather have restored what's rightfully his.

John Dickinson: When did you first notice they were missing, sir?

Answer 3

* Sometimes angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter of their wings.
* Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
* True love is only found in the heart.

Answer 4

"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turned out I was just really bored."


- Wayne's World

Answer 5

Jessica Simpson: "so isn't pork like made out of chicken?"

Answer 6

'Where one door closes another one opens but sometimes we are so busy looking at the closed door we don't see the open one'

Helen Keller

Answer 7

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left"-Marylin Monroe <33

BOW DOWN B**CH

Keep talking SH*T. your making me famouse

Jelousey is a disease
(get well soon)

Answer 8

" I used to complain because I had no shoes. one day i saw a man who had no feet"

Answer 9

Bobby Kennedy: "Some ask why, but I say why not."

Answer 10

vini, vidi, velcro........

I came, conqured and stuck around