“Do all that you can, with all that you have, in the time that you have, in the place where you are” ~ Nkosi Johnson (1989-2001)
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” ~ John Lennon
“Press freedom / some authorities are confused by the two meanings of press” ~ Loesje
“That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others” ~ J S Mill
“Trust provides security / fences don’t” ~ Loesje
“Don’t follow your dreams; chase them” ~ Richard Dumb
“There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency” ~ Jonathan Swift
“Le doute n’est pas une condition agréable, mais la certitude est absurde” ~ Voltaire
“It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept” ~ Bill Watterson
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy” ~ Henry Ford
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world” ~ The Buddha Dhammapada
“The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first” ~ Steven Tyler
“Ask yourself this question: Will this matter a year from now?” ~ Richard Carlson
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven…” ~ John Milton (Paradise Lost)
“The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth” ~ Gerald Burrill
“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it” ~ Andre Gide
“Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different” ~ Bill Watterson
“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us” ~ Bill Watterson
“Being brave / Lets no one off the grave / Death is no different whined at than withstood” ~ from Aubade by Philip Larkin
“Life on earth is expensive / but it includes a free trip around the sun” ~ Loesje
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed” ~ Mark Twain
“I liked things better when I didn’t understand them” ~ Bill Watterson
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you are the world” ~ Anonymous
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get” ~ Ingrid Bergman
“Pay attention. And keep breathing” ~ Terence McKenna
“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace” ~ Chuck Jones
“If you have a single minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected” ~ Chuck Jones
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough. Without ever having felt sorry for itself” ~ D H Lawrence
“We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so” ~ Alexander Pope
“It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich” ~ Alan Alda
“If adventure doesn’t wait on the doorstep / climb out through the window” ~ Loesje
“The best number for a dinner party is two – myself and a damn’ good head waiter” ~ Nubar Gulbenkian
“The truth / which one of the three versions do you want to hear” ~ Loesje
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us” ~ Helen Keller
“Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy” ~ Cynthia Nelms
“An apostrophe is the difference between a business that knows its shit and a business that knows it’s shit.” ~ Sam Tanner
“Life is short, eat dessert first” ~ variously credited to Mark Twain, Ogden Nash, Ernestine Ulmer, Sue Ellen Cooper and Jacques Torres
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Love these quotes as I have my self a website with quotes about life. Thought it would be wise to share my favorite quote: “It’s the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what’s right.” – Peter Parker
Thanks Millicent, great quote and I love the website :^)
Thank you on the subject is so beautiful and most wonderful of Quotes
Good luck