Oh I want to post! Sorry if these are repeated throughout the thread. I need to set some time aside to go through these!
"She had blue skin,
And so did he.
He kept it hid
And so did she.
They searched for blue
Their whole life through,
Then passed right by-
And never knew."
-Shel Silverstein
"Only the gentle are ever really strong."
-James Dean
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
-Ernest Hemingway
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."
-Old Proverb
"Resentment is when you take the poison and you hope the other guy gets sick."
-'The Mindy Project'
"We are very good lawyers for our own mistakes, but very good judges for the mistakes of others."
-Unknown
"To heal a wound, you need to stop touching it."
-Unknown
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be- I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
-Leonardo DaVinci
"Expect nothing. Appreciate everything."
-Unknown
"Dolce Far Niente." [Those sweet moments when everything is done at least for a little while and you can relax.]
-Italian Proverb
"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:
a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."
-Maya Angelou
"Inspiration exists but it has to find you working."
-Pablo Picasso
“What sets you apart may seem like a burden, but it’s not, and most of the time it’s what makes you great."
-Emma Stone
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairytales'"
-Einstein
"If you're feeling blue, try painting yourself another color."
-An eight year-old.
"I never lose sight that just being is fun."
-Katherine Hepburn
This is a quote my best friend gave to me as on my 18th birthday on a card. It's stuck with me ever since:
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
-Jack Kerouac
