Quote Worthy

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. - Edward De Bono

The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses. - Henry van Dyke 

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. - William Arthur Ward

The longer you have to wait for something, the more you will appreciate it when it finally arrives. - Unknown

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality. - Shunryu Suzuki

There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough. - Unknown

Sometimes you just need to disconnect and enjoy your own company. - Unknown

Life is but a moment, death also is but another. - Robert Schuller

A man’s action is only a picture book of his creed. - Arthur Helps

To shun one’s cross is to make it heavier. - Henri Frederic Amiel

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. - H. Jackson Brown

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Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity. - John Brown

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has a cause to think deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. - Unknown

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions. - Padmasambhava

Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn’t what you get for it, but what you become for it. - Steve Maraboli

It’s not only about having the skill to do something. It’s about having the will, desire and commitment to be your best. - Unknown

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Always remember that it is progress, not perfection, you should be looking for. - Unknown

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess. - The  Dalai Lama

We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. - Max Depree

Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways. - Unknown

Every sunrise proves even the darkest night comes to an end. - Eleanor Brownn

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. - Thomas Fuller

Humorous Quotes

Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right. - Dr. Robert Anthony

Live or die, sink or swim. - George Peele 

Living in a vacuum sucks. - Adrienne Gusoff 

Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year. - Unknown

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life. - Lauren Bacall

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies. - D''Hericault

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. - Robert Frost

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. - Josh Billings

Love thy neighbour, but pull not down thy hedge. - John Ray

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything. - William Shakespeare

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. - William A. Arnett

Man are but children of a larger growth. - John Dryden

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use. - Unknown

Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains. - Unknown

Many girls like to marry a military man – he can cook, sew, make beds, and is in good health, and he’s already used to taking orders. - Unknown

Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. - Steven Wright

Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it’s not so hot. - Unknown

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never. - Albert Camus

Food For Thought

To change anything on the outside, you must become the change on the inside. How the change will happen on the outside is not up to you. That is the job of the Universe. Your job is to radiate all good from the inside, and the outside circumstances will change to reflect the ‘all good’ inside you. - Unknown

Words do not teach at all. It is life experience that brings you your knowing. But when you hear words that are a vibrational match to the knowing that you have accumulated, then sometimes it’s easier for you to sort it all out. - Abraham

There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher. - Robin Sharma

See the things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don’t fret and worry about them. Don’t think about your lack of them. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession. - Robert Collier

Quote Worthy

It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveller than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. - Marion Zimmer Bradley

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. - Aristotle

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless. - Darryl Francis Zanuck 

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. - Unknown

There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations. - Ihara Saikaku

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. - Aesop

Sometimes we’re tested, not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths. - Unknown

He who would search for pearls must dive below. - John Dryden

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. - Juvenal

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. - Edmund Burke

A fool must now and then be right, by chance. - William Cowper

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions. - Marcus Aurelius

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The funny thing about setbacks and roadblocks is that very often they actually turn out to be windows and doorways. Trusting that opportunities are waiting for us, makes them easier to discover! - Paul S. Boyton

We are so often caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, especially the goodness of the people we meet on the way. Appreciation is a wonderful feeling. Don’t overlook it. - Unknown

Be thankful for the bad things in life. For they opened your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying attention to before. - Unknown

Walking away from something unhealthy is brave ... even if you stumble a little on your way out. - Necole Stephens

Listen to your own voice, your own soul. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t. - Unknown

If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding. - Lao Tzu

If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. - William Edward Hickson

Be not simply good; be good for something. - Henry David Thoreau

Patience and fortitude conquer all things. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Truth lives in the cellar; error on the doorstep. - Austin O'Malley

There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. - John Porter

Quote Worthy

A life filled with silly social drama and gossip indicates that person is disconnected from purpose and lacking meaningful goals. People on a path of purpose don’t have time for drama. - Brendon Burchard

Every situation is an opportunity to grow; everything that happens is giving you the opportunity to become stronger wiser, and more lobbing. Everything that happens to you is for your higher good. - Sanaya Roman

All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. - Unknown

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. - Unknown

You are only a trustee of things you own in this life. When you leave, everything is given back. - Unknown

Do not buy what you want, but what you need; what you do not need is dear at a  farthing. - Unknown

There is no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature. There is an aggressive element to wit. - Unknown

When you produce results you gain credibility. When you have credibility, you will have an easier time producing results. - Unknown

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living. - Anthony Douglas Williams

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay. - Publilius Syrus

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. - Aesop

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. - Colette

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. - Henry Havelock Ellis

Humorous Quotes

Quotes which are funny, ironical, some of which are also profoundly true.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. - Tom Stoppard

Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. - Gilbert K. Chesterton 

Journalist say a thing that they know isn’t true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true. - Arnold Bennett

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose. - Henry Wadworth Longfellow

Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect. - Benny Hill

Keep breathing. - Sophie Tucker, 80 when asked the secret of longevity

Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not. - Lord Bryon

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. - Benjamin Franklin

Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda water the day after. - Lord G. G. Bryon

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all. - Mark Twain

Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life. - Jean Anouilh

Life is all about finding the people who are your kind of crazy. - Unknown

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon. - Woody Allen 

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination. - Christopher Isherwood

Life is short, but it’s long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. - Josh Billings 

Spiritual - Quotes

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand; Rejoice, for your soul is alive. - Eleanora Duse

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. - Lao Tzu

We are visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love … and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal Proverb

When an illness is a part of your spiritual journey, no medical intervention can heal you until your spirit has begun to make the changes the illness was designed to inspire. - Caroline Myss

Your Soul and My Soul are part of the great Soul known as the universe. We are universe within the Universe. Although many, We are One. - Julie Parker

An awakened teacher can only be your lighthouse, casting light on your path, but you must understand it and walk your own path. - Frank M. Wanderer

For true stability and naturalness of mind and essence to emerge, there must be a seamless, unimpeded flow of energy and spirit. - Unknown

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. - Eckhart Tolle

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. - Eden Phillpotts

If your path is difficult, it is because of your high calling. - Unknown

If you don’t go within, you go without. - Neale Donald Walsch

When the energy is open, smooth and unbound, it will go towards the creative and positive. - Unknown

Quote Worthy

If your real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are. - James Allen

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. - Samuel Butler

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world. Because even your shadow leaves you when you’re in darkness. - Unknown

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them. - Gandhi

Tactful, intelligent people would not necessarily change their minds, but they will change the subject! - Unknown

Learn that the advantage lieth not in possessing good things, but in the knowing the use of them. - Akhnaton

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful. - Ali Ibn Abi Talib

It’s never too late – in fiction or in life – to revise. - Nancy Thayer

They sicken of the calm, who know the storm. - Dorothy Parker

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Do every act of your life as if it were your last. - Marcus Aurelius

History is past politics; and politics present history. - John Seeley