“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power.” — Charles Dickens
“Success is a great deodorant.” — Elizabeth Taylor
“And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns.” — Thomas Moore
“Too many people undervalue what they are and overvalue what they’re not.” — Malcolm Forbes
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” — Ludwig Börne
“Knowing when to play stupid is pretty smart.” — Unknown
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” — Vincent van Gogh, Dutch artist
“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” — Charles Dickens
“Extra blankets will be placed in all your rooms and there’ll be no additional cover charge.” — Groucho Marx
“We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.” — Horace Walpole, British historian
“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.” — Khalil Gibran
“Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.” — Tom Wilson
“When you throw dirt, you lose ground.” — Texas Proverb
“The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.” — Erich Fromm
“A desk is a terrible place from which to view the world.” — John le Carré
“The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.” — James Baldwin
“I never feel so accomplished as when I open a tough jar.” — Emma Watson
“We are each other’s destiny.” — Jacqueline Novogratz
“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do.” — Unknown
“Leadership is a sacred trust like priesthood in civilized, humane religions. No one gets into it lightly or unadvisedly because it demands qualities of mind and discipline, of body and will, far beyond the need of the ordinary citizens.” — Chinua Achebe
“The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce – instantly.” — Demetri Martin
“Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.” — Honore de Balzac
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” — Rudyard Kipling
“Don’t forget you are human. It’s OK to have a meltdown, just don’t unpack and live there.” — Unknown
“When you pass the buck, don’t ask for change.” — Solomon Short
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” — Colette
“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.” — Douglas William Jerrold
“I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.” — Warren Buffett
This picture quote, in part, explains why I enjoy reading, collecting and sharing quotes. What are your reasons for reading and collecting quotes?
“Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life’s most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.” – Chriswell Freeman
