Quotes
Here are some quotes that I find inspiring and thought-provoking:
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. (Albert Einstein)
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. (Virginia Woolf).
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. (Charles Darwin)
If everyone likes you, it probably means you aren't saying much. (Author/political commentator Donna Brazile)
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
One of the clearest signs of relationship trouble is a simple and common facial expression: eye-rolling. It indicates comtempt, a sign that you no longer value your partner. (New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope)It's not the perfect but the imperfect that is in need of our love. (Oscar Wilde)
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. (Audre Lorde)
Can one be spiritual without religious faith? One can. All one needs is to be open to someone else's concerns, fears, and hopes, and to make him or her feel less alone. (Elie Wiesel)
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. (Colette)
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "holy shit ...what a ride!" (George Carlin)
I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. (Helen Keller)
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. (Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions)
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. (Katharine Hepburn)
This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one...being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. (George Bernard Shaw)