quotes you live by

[Starlet]

Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a Gift, that's why it's the Present

I'm weird, get used to it.

Don't walk in front of me, I might not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I might not lead.
Just walk next to me, I'll be your friend.

All the World's a Stage, and the men and women are merely players(etc)

Your life is only as good as you make it.

Aim for the moon, even if you miss you'll reach the stars.


There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
-Johnny Depp


There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
- Emily Dickinson


I'm nobody, who are you?
-Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
-Emily Dickinson


Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.
-Emily Dickinson

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
-Emily Dickinson

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.
-Emily Dickinson


All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
-Walt Disney


Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.
-Walt Disney


If you can dream it, you can do it.
-Walt Disney

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
-Walt Disney


You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
-C. S. Lewis

ok, not all of the quotes are the ones that i live by, but I still think they're pretty sweet.

[Starlet]

oops, i did one quote twice. it's Emily Dickinson's quote, but I'm not sure what the Johnny Depp one was

Message Edited by Starlet on 02-06-2008 04:54 PM

[ABI]

"Life was good
before I met
the monster
After
Life was great
At least for a little while.."

----Crank by Ellen Hopkins

"Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies"

---no idea, lol.

dunno.. ha. I'm bored

[pjpick]

Unfortunately my quote isn't very literary but it is highly pragmatic and honestly it is something I tell myself, friends, and co-workers frequently to help us get through situations that might make us somewhat defensive:

The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off. ~Anonymous.

(I do like Starlet's Groucho Marx quote though!)

[Bri-dep]

What a wonderful quote!

[Bri-dep]

Have you seen Across the Universe? Great movie!

[hprocks2121]

i have a  lot, but these are just my favorites.

from the movie miracle:

mike eruzione- "mike eruzione, winthrop massachusetts."

herb brooks- "who do you play for?"

eruzione- "i play for the united states of america!"

(in case you were wondering mike eruzione was on the 1980 winter olympics ice hockey team and i think scored the winning goal in the miracle on ice game against the soviet union. herb brooks, the coach.im a big hockey fan.)

One love
One blood
One life, you got to do what you should
One life
With each other, sisters, brothers
One life, but we're not the same
We got to carry each other
carry each other
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-one, u2

the one the mg says- "love yourself. beacause you rock, and no one can tell you, you don't!"

"isn't she, pretty in pink."

-pretty in pink, psychedelic furs

"now i wanna sniff some glue, now i wanna have something to do"

-the ramones

"death is but the next great adventure."

-albus dumbledore 

and my quote at the end by ferris beuller.

speaking of ferris beuller, i just watched that last night, followed by miracle, 2 of my favorite movies ever. (then napolean dynamite, then pretty in pink, then 16 candles, then the breakfast club, then rock n roll high school. but these don't count my favorite movie series ie harry potter, lord of the rings, star wars, etc.)

speaking of movies, bri-dep, i wanted to see across the universe, but the day my friends and i  were going, i was sick. is bono really in it? i love bono.

[hprocks2121]

"(insert person/thing of your choice) has no hair."

-this kid in my band group who is obsessed with the beatles and his tenor saxophone. if he's secretly on here, i'm the baritone horn player who calls you by both of your names, and i started calling you that. if he's not here, then i'm a moron.

i don't live by it,  but its funny and has no meaning.  

[mrsronaldweasl…]

 Thanks yto everyone posting their quotes! I love it!

[Bri-dep]

Yep, Bono is definitely in it!

You should rent it and let me know what you think. It gets a little weird at some parts, but it's definitely a great movie.

[Starlet]

Forget love- I'd rather fall in chocolate!

[mrsronaldweasl…]

Hey guys, I love quotes, what are your favorites?

[agnijay]

---

Starlet wrote:
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a Gift, that's why it's the Present

---

I heard a slightly different version of that from my second group teacher:
The past is all that's gone
The future is yet to come
Right now is a gift,
That's why they call it the "present"

[Oceandweller777]

To suffer is to grow.

[Aarjhen]

not exactly the "deepest" quote, but very true:

"when life hands you lemons, make lemonade and then add vodka. you'll be happy soon enough."

"if at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definately isn't for you."

and also

"Then must you strive to be worthy of her love, and she worthy of yours in return."

[MiddleC]

Dear God, if there is a God; Save my soul, if I have a soul.  ~ Elizabeth Barret Browning

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.  ~ Jane Austin

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.  ~ Oscar Wilde

I've never been a millionaire but I just know I’d be darling at it.  ~ Dorothy Parker

I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.  ~ Dorothy Parker

[mrsronaldweasl…]

I like walking in the rain,so no one can see me crying.

[M-Elffriend]

God has a plan for us all, it is up to us to follow it through

[dianaprince]

   "Adventure is worthwhile in itself." -- Amelia Earheart

   "Watch the stars and from them learn" -- Albert Einstein,  I think.

   "Boredom isn't a condition -- it's a choice." -- Clippership14 's signature.  I love it -- it's so true!!!

   And, of course:  "May the Force be with you." -- Star Wars, Episode IV

[Souffle]

Hi - what a great idea - I love quotes, and have really enjoyed reading the favourites quotes of others. I have an entire book of quotes, so to pick one or two...

These are quotes which I think contain wisdom to live by:

"you cannot successfully navigate the future unless you keep always framed beside it a small, clear image of the past." (Jan Struther, Mrs Miniver)

"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely" (Karen Kaiser Clark)

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learnt about life: it goes on." (Robert Frost)

"'survival...simply isn't a matter of fitness, I consider, it's a matter of tenacity" (Elizabeth Bowen, The Back Drawing Room (short story))

"'[The path of love is not a path of comfort,' she said. 'It means going foward into the unknown, with no guarantees of safey, dangerous, but with trust there is hope for love, and love is all we ever have to hold against the dark.'" (Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart)

"...witty blows below the bet somtimes leave nasty bruises" (Clive Bell, Old Friends)

"The clever are humble, for they have understood how little they understand." (Jill Paton Walsh, Knowledge of Angels)

"An eye for an eye leads only to more blindness" (Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye)

"You have brains in your head

You have feet in your shoes

You can steer yourself

any direction you choose.

You're on your own

and you know what you know

And you are the one who'll decide

                   where to