Quotes Page
I will try to be vaguely organized with this.
Appreciation
The grass is greener where you water it. - Neil Barringham
Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again - Troy (2004), Achilles to Briseis
Depression
I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness. And yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them. - Chopin
I am occasionally loveable but for the most part I'm like loving a raincloud. - Sara Quin
Equality
It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics. Why? Because poverty, discrimination and ignorance restrict growth. When you stifle human potential, when you don't invest in new ideas, it doesn't just cut off the people affected - it hurts us all - Bill Clinton, at the DNC (2012)
Humorous
Then, the front door opened. Time stopped. The sky darkened. Babies all over the world began to wail with an inhuman misery they couldn't fully comprehend. Hermione Granger walked in, and all was lost. - Friend Number Three (Chapter 3) by riptey
Love
Love is trusting someone enough to tell them what's really bothering you. - How I Met Your Mother, Season 8 Episde 2
Love should be like breathing. It should just be a quality in you, wherever you are, with whomsoever you are, or even if you are alone, Love goes on overflowing from you. It is not a question of being in Love with someone; it is a question of being Love. - Osho
Motivation
Wherever you are is the entry point - Kabir
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. - Charles Kettering
A year from now you may wish you had started today. - Karen Lamb
Don't be scared to walk alone. Don't be scared to like it. - John Mayer
Start by doing what is necessary. Then do what's possible; and suddenly you're doing the impossible - Saint Francis of Assisi
If you go as far as you can see, you will then see enough to go even farther. - John Wooden
Nature
The cure for anything is saltwater. Sweat, tears, or the sea. - Isak Dinesin
Positive Thinking
Be very careful about what you think. Your thoughts run your life. - Proverbs 4:23
Problem Solving
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein
Self-Care/Health
If you talked to your friends the way you talked to your body, you'd have no friends left - Marcia Hutchinson
Take care of your body. It's the only place you've got to live - Jim Roth
Whatever disagreeable is coursing through us, we can let it go - Sharon Salzberg
Work Ethic
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford
Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong. - Abraham
Words of Advice
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha
She may be well-mannered, but she is never mild-mannered. Her zest for life is one of her most charming attributes. It also means that she finds herself in extreme situations. Despite the best-laid plans (or because of the best-laid plans), sometimes life spins out of control. A [Fabulous Girl (FG)] does not live to avoid these sorts of adventures. In love and work and in her friendships, the FG throws herself in deep - which can bring her big success as well as, sometimes, big disappointments. The FG knows that her word to live by is "decorum", not "doormat", so she tackles these ups and downs with equal vigor. - The Fabulous Girl's Code Red by Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh
"What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well." - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you. - Taylor Swift