Favorite Quotes

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Monique12

My favorite quote these days is
“The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education.” - by Mark Twain

Love this one.

I love it bc I feel the older I get, part of me knows more, but so much of me knows less -- or, rather, that part of me realizes more fully all the time how very little I really know for sure.

I know there is gravity, I know I will die, I know I must pay taxes, I know my dogs are better beings than I ever will be -- beyond that, I really don't know much for sure.

[SirTeddykins]

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then -

[ChibiLuv]

"If you have to ask you'll never know"- Angelica, Rugrats ( I like this in a funny sarcastic way)
And one of my favs of all time:
"Nothing's impossible... Improbable, Unlikely, but never impossible." Luigi, Mario bros movie

[jp4m2]

"Don't believe everything you think."

"We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge".. John Naisbitt

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.".. John Wooden

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind: yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers." Kahlil Gibran

"You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices."

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. It takes even greater courage to stand up to your friends.”

"The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it."

[ColesMommy01]

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.--Bob Marley

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by SirTeddykins

Some of you may or may not know (or care) that I am a huge fan of Albert Einstein. His humility matched his intelligence and continues to be an inspiration to me.


Two quotes by him, which I love, follow:


"If you can't explain it simply - you don't understand it well enough."

Richard Feynman (the greatest American physicist to ever live) had a similar saying I think, that if you couldn't explain your work to a freshman then you don't really understand it.

[ladyjane]

Holding on to a grudge is letting someone live rent free in your head.

I have so many, but cannot think of any right now but that one. I will be back when something comes to me. It's like I need something to happen to make me remember LOL