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heard this this evening while watching a film and thought it was beautiful:

The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe.

I'm a hopeless optimist.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin

"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." - No idea who said this. But I love it.

Serendipity82 wrote:"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." - No idea who said this. But I love it.

having trouble finding who said that one too.

however, I'd much prefer inspirational and positive quotes...

I know I didn't specify. Silly of me to assume that people would naturally continue in the same vein as the original post.

I apologize. I kind of thought it was funny myself. Anyway, I'll try to find something a bit more inspirational.

How we remember changes how we have lived.
Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives.

- G.G. Kay

I have two favorites that I like to use. Both are from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

“The most beautiful people in the world are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

&

"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

Niabi wrote:"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

whoa!
THAT is one beautiful statement.
you don't happen to know who it is by?

Sukurachi wrote:

Niabi wrote:"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

whoa!
THAT is one beautiful statement.
you don't happen to know who it is by?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

My favorite quote is in my signature...it's from Mark Twain's short story The War Prayer. There's also a Carl Sandburg poem that starts, "I cried over beautiful things, knowing no beautiful thing lasts." Neither of them is particularly inspirational, though.

OK, here's one: in the first chapter of John, there's a line that's usually translated as "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." But in the old King James version, the line is:

"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

I just love that image--a light shining out, and the darkness just staring at and saying 'Whot?'

Don't cry because it's over.
Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

and I just cannot resist the profound wisdom of the following quote:

Mighty is the wind... but you can still break it. Meditate on this.

some monk....

I just finished the movie Tokyo Godfathers and something one of the characters said really caught my attention:

"Being able to speak freely, is the lifeblood of love."


and then I like this quote by one of my favorite poets:

`I don't love life as such; for me it begins to signify, that is to acquire weight and meaning only when it is transformed, that is - in art. If I were to be taken beyond the ocean, into Paradise, and forbidden to write, I would refuse the ocean and Paradise." - Marina Tsvetaeva

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

''According to the song, Rudolph's nose is shiny, which means it reflects rather than emits light. Useless for navigating fog.'' - Neil deGrasse Tyson

''The most astounding fact... is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth, that make up the human body are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements in their core, under extreme temperature and pressure. These stars, when unstable in their later years, collapsed and exploded, scattering their enriched guts across the galaxy. Guts made of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and all the fundamental ingredients of life itself. These ingredients became part of gas clouds, which condense and collapse, forming the next generation of solar systems - stars with orbiting planets. And these planets, now have the ingredients for life. So, when I look up at the night sky... I know that yes, we are part of the universe. We are in this universe. But perhaps more important than both of those facts... is that the universe is in us.'' - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Yeah, I like his quotes quite a bit. And I remember a quote that was ''Extinction doesn't have to be forever''. I don't know who said it, but I remember it.

I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day, tomorrow doesn't look good either. (a sign on my fridge)

Parents are people who choose to wear their hearts on the outside. (read it in the patient news)

Some People are like slinkies, not good for much but you can't help but laugh as you push them down the stairs. (read it in the patient news...applies to a boss of mine)

"No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich."
- Louis Sabin


"A dog wags its tail with its heart" - Martin Buxbaum


"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus

Yeah I like dogs. <.< And friends lol.

oh wow, TheDoomcookie, awesome quotes. Love every one.
I also love animals.
In my case, I think almost all of those could apply to my cat, whose really more dog-like than cat-like.