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What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
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Strength doesn't come from what you can do,
It comes from overcoming.
It comes from overcoming.
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"Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself".
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“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
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It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
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so true. but at some point or another most of us can see ourselves trapped in that situation but our senses, human reason and good judgement will tell us what's the truth. Evicting selfishness and greed.Loreley wrote:It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
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One of my favorite quotes that I want share through this topic reply is
"If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side."
"If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side."
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Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
Anyone can put you on the right path
but they can't make you walk it, you have to make that first step
and decide if you're on the road to failure or success.
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but they can't make you walk it, you have to make that first step
and decide if you're on the road to failure or success.
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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing
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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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so true. but at some point or another most of us can see ourselves trapped in that situation but our senses, human reason and good judgement will tell us what's the truth. This is to exclude selfishness and greed.Loreley wrote:It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
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Life's a journey not a destination.
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"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
"Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind." - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." - The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.” - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
"Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind." - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." - The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.” - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
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The list of Great Quotations is never complete without something said by Mark Twain. His wisdom is priceless! :)CDawson wrote:Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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I like theese quotes:
Isaac NewtonWhat we know is a drop; what we don't know is an ocean.
Lady BlessingtonThere is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Maria RobinsonNobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - Quotes On Moving On