Random Inspirational Quotes

"It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work."

"Make a spurious division of one process into two, forget that you have done it, and then puzzle for centuries as to how the two get together."

"[Happiness is] a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well."

"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"

"My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing. When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities."

"Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?""What's that?""The world didn't come to an end."

"Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared."

"No one is responsible for your inner peace and inner joy except for you."

"Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views."

"Rationalize [10w] Man needs an apt aphorism to rationalize his ruthless actions."

"All my failures as a human being I blame on my father. Life is about accepting responsibility, and it’s time my father started being held accountable for my deficiencies."

"The things that the novel does not say are necessarily more numerous than those it does say and only a special halo around what is written can give the illusion that you are reading also what is not written."

"Every rose is longing for joy and love; every rose know the language of the heart."

"He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."

"I failed to communicate, that's why I chose to leave"

"Never worry a bit in Life. Always be full of merriment."

"Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology."

"....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotia—by the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was best.(tr Jowett)"