I remember seeing a topic for funny quotes a while back, but not one for the more inspirational sayings. So I figured I'd start one. I have a whole notebook for them, and I'll start off with some of my favorite ones.
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude."--Martin Luther King, Jr.
"He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning."--Unknown
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."--Mohandas Gandhi
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them."--Isaac Asimov
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't except not trying."--Michael Jordan
"its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog!"- no idea
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Best quote ever ;D
I heard that quote from somewhere, Blank. I wish I remember where.
"If you always stop to smell the roses, sooner or later, you'll inhale a bee."
-Annonymus(Lol)
Sorry I'm late, but I got lost on the road of life
- Kakashi Hatake
"You cannot kill time without injuring eternity."
-Henry David Thoreau
I like that one.
I can't remember the order of this but...
"Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching
Sing like Nobody's listening
And Love like you've never been hurt"
-Anonymous
"They say that egyptians slept on stone pillows. That's how most of them died: Pillow fights."
-Annonymus
"Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it does not exist and never shall; there is only now." --Saphira from Eldest
"Go boil your bottoms over a silly person! I blow my nose at you and your silly Kn-ig-hits!"
-French knight, Monty Python
you can take the dog ought of the fight, but you cant take the fight out of the dog.
"I blow my nose at you! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of Elderberry!" ;D
-(Look at my last post to see where I get this, lol)
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines.
Um, Link104, I started this topic for inspirational quotes, and I doubt any of the ones you have provided so far could be considered that. If you want, I could dig up the thread for funny quotes for you.
My mom just sent me Good Stuff, the source for a majority of the quotes I have hoarded over just about three years. Let's see what we have here.
"If you don't believe in yourself, who will?"--Unknown
"Following a precedent is an easy substitute for thinking."--Unknown
"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."--Livy
Here's a big "donation"! :P
"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself." --Albus Dumbledore (I think) from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
"Those who flaunt with power disappear when the truly powerful appear." --Rose from The Legend of Dragoon
"Always do right; it will please some and astonish the rest." --Mark Twain
"It is not our abilities that show who we truly are--it is our choices." --Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
"In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself; that is the meaning of inner strength." --Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender
You can only spend innocence once - unknown
Quote from: MagmarFire on September 26, 2006, 03:28:35 AM
"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself." --Albus Dumbledore (I think) from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
That was from
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but you got the guy who said it correct. I don't think "only" was in the quote, but I may have to check on that.
"May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use."--Irish blessing
"May you work like you don't need the money, love ike you've never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching."--Irish blessing
"May you be buried in a casket made from the wood of a 100 year old oak that I shall plant tomorrow."--Irish blessing
"May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty."--Irish blessing
"He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a freind, loses more; he who loses faith, loses all."--Irish proverb
"All sins cast long shadows."--Irish proverb
"It's easy to halve the potato where there's love."--Irish proverb
"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall you grandfather was."--Irish proverb