What's your favorite quote?

[respeito]

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."

―Henry David Thoreau

 

[soulfulfriend]

“There is no such thing as a true tale. Truth has many faces and the truth is like to the old road to Avalon; it depends on your own will, and your own thoughts, whither the road will take you.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon

 

[respeito]

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."

--Eleanor Roosevelt

 

[Dyslexicea]

“and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”
Audre Lorde

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

I know the way
to your toes curled
and palms filled
with sheets
squeezed.
It matters not
that I did not build
the roads,
for no one
can drive them
like me.

~Tyler Knott Gregson

 

[Lord_Michael]

"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

--Winston Churchill

 

[Endless_Night]

I may have a new favorite quote. We have a small dachshund who not only thinks he's king of all he surveys, but is remarkably lazy as well. I commented on this in some exasperation while trying to fish him out from the fluffy bedding of our king-sized bed this morning.

My SO grinned, and said, "If you sit by a river long enough, you'll see the body of your enemy float by."

For some reason this struck me as hysterical.

*He couldn't remember where he'd heard the saying. So, for those concerned about such things I did a quick search. The etymology seems somewhat in question, being attributed to both Chinese and Japanese proverbs, and Sean Connery, Rising Sun.

 

[vizio]

Life is short
Break the rules
Forgive quickly
kiss slowly
love truly
and never regret anything that makes you smile.

 

[lemaSierra]

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.~ Private Jackson

 

[lemaSierra]

"It's in our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light" ~ Aristotle

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself" ~ FDR

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds" ~ FDR

 

[eroticspank]

Nice!

I know the way
to your toes curled
and palms filled
with sheets
squeezed.
It matters not
that I did not build
the roads,
for no one
can drive them
like me.

~Tyler Knott Gregson

Wow, I love this one!

ES

 

[newsubandtop]

"There is nothing quite as dangerous as a man with a mission" Sorry, I can't remember the author

 

[musicman1978]

The unattainable is attained by it's unattainment - Nicholas of Cusa

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience. - Mahatma Gandhi

 

[Lord_Michael]

There are two ways to slice easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

-- Alfred Korzybski

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

If I pretend all I do
is because you
told me to,
when I'm alone,
it makes me feel like you
are here,
or just might be
in the morning.

~ Tyler Knott Gregson

 

[Lord_Michael]

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.

Mark Twain

 

[sereneone4u]

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, surrounding yourself with assholes.--William Gibson.

 

[October46]

Big, little, bumper sticker, philosopher, funny, somber... What are some of your favorite quotes? Do you have any that you mentally go back to in times of struggle or joy?

Personally, my "pick a quote for the day" moments tend to come in twos. One that's of a serious nature and one that's funny or sardonic and lightens the mood.

Share some that you like. Hell, toss in a short poem if you like. Just share some of the words that mean something and maybe what they do for you if you wish.

Today, my serious quote would be:
“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow. ”
~Mary Anne Radmacher

As for my funny/smart ass quote:
"In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!"
~Dr. Seuss

"Louie, I believe this is the start of a great friendship". Casablanca

 

[respeito]

"From where you sit, it may seem that certain people should know better. People are who they are and do what they do whether or not you like it or agree with them. We each have different lessons to learn. We each take a different path to our lessons."

Iyanla Vanzant

 

[respeito]

 

[dazed_11]

"Hope guides me. It is what gets me through the day and especially the night." ~ A Knight's Tale

"Don't tell me the sun is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass" ~ Anton Chekhov

 

[LallyH]

"A balanced diet is a bar of chocolate in both hands" (my auntie, but she may have pinched it off someone else....)

 

[LWulf]

"No matter where you go ...there you are."
~Buckaroo Banzai "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension"

("Are you just a dream, Merlin?")
"A dream to some ...a nightmare to others!"
~Merlin "Excalibur"


...There you are/Since I Don't Have You part deux

 

[Ahlam]

"Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise you are dead."
--Langston Hughes

 

[LWulf]

"We never stand so tall as when we stoop to help a child"
~Will Rogers (according to a sign on the side of the road)


"No Man Stands So Tall as When He Stoops to Help a Child"
~Abraham Lincoln (according to ask.com)