Famous Quotes

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

~ Woody Allen

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

~ Charles Darwin

You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.

~ Neil Gaiman

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

~ Neil Gaiman

Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision. Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy. Trust, even when your heart begs you not to. Twirl, even when your mind makes no sense of what you see. Frolick, even when you are made fun of. Kiss, even when others are watching. Sleep, even when you're afraid of what the dreams might bring. Run, even when it feels like you can't run any more.And, always, remember, even when the memories pinch your heart. Because the pain of all your experience is what makes you the person you are now. And without your experience---you are an empty page, a blank notebook, a missing lyric. What makes you brave is your willingness to live through your terrible life and hold your head up high the next day. So don't live life in fear. Because you are stronger now, after all the crap has happened, than you ever were back before it started.

~ Alysha Speer

Acts of Kindness:A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Believe in Your HeartBelieve in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.

~ Roy T. Bennett

You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone, change begins at the end of your comfort zone.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

~ Steve Maraboli

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

~ Stephen Fry

Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.

~ Gustave Flaubert

Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

~ Aldous Huxley

He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

~ Gabriel García Márquez

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.

~ Horton Foote

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

~ Harvey Pekar

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong'.Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.

~ Charles M. Schulz

The Bhagavad Gita--that ancient Indian Yogic text--says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

~ Francis Bacon

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

~ George R.r. Martin

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

~ Mae West

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

~ Marie Curie

Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end. That's the given. How you respond to those losses, what you make of what's left, that's the part you have to make up as you go.

~ Katharine Weber

What makes big boobs and perkiness so attractive to boys? I mean, really. Two round, mounds of fat and a fake smile. Yeah, winning attributes.

~ Gena Showalter

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

~ Alice Hoffman

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

~ Lemony Snicket

Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.

~ Roy T. Bennett

No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.

~ Roy T. Bennett

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why.

~ Stephen Chbosky

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

~ Groucho Marx

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

~ Judy Blume

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

~ Ralph Ellison

Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.

~ Roy T. Bennett