quote Popular Quotes Find quotes popularrecentnewfriendsmy authors Quotes popular among Goodreads members. André Gide “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― André Gide, Autumn Leaves tags: life, love 39418 likes like Bob Marley “Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.” ― Bob Marley tags: love 37831 likes like “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” ― Maurice Switzer tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, remaining-silent, wisdom 37311 likes like Marilyn Monroe “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and its better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, inspirational 37259 likes like We accept the love we think we deserve. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower tags: inspirational, love 36579 likes like Allen Saunders “Life is what happens to you while youre busy making other plans.” ― Allen Saunders tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans 35172 likes like Albert Einstein “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein tags: inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles 34963 likes like J.R.R. Tolkien “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither 34287 likes like Eleanor Roosevelt “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until its in hot water.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt tags: misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt 33407 likes like “If you dont stand for something you will fall for anything.” ― Peter Hamilton tags: belief, integrity, misattributed-to-malcolm-x 32763 likes like Bil Keane “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bil Keane tags: hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed 32556 likes like Jane Austen “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor 32521 likes like William Shakespeare “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It tags: wisdom 32494 likes like Mark Twain “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ― Mark Twain tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom 31850 likes like Mark Twain “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ― Mark Twain tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life 30668 likes like Mark Twain “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy 29959 likes like Oscar Wilde “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermeres Fan tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism 29537 likes like It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets tags: abilities, choices 29486 likes like Groucho Marx “Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor 28618 likes like Elie Wiesel “The opposite of love is not hate, its indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, its indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, its indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, its indifference.” ― Elie Wiesel tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy 28548 likes like Albert Einstein “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” ― Albert Einstein tags: imagination, inspirational 28518 likes like Mark Twain “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. From: More Maxims of Mark” ― Mark Twain tags: humor, procrastination 28457 likes like Thomas Edison “I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work.” ― Thomas Edison tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased 28206 likes like Steve Martin “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” ― Steve Martin tags: humor, obvious, simile 28113 likes like Friedrich Nietzsche “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage 28081 likes like J.K. Rowling “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone tags: dreams, life 27875 likes like Douglas Adams “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul tags: life, navigation 27805 likes like Dr. Seuss “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: fantasy 27503 likes like Friedrich Nietzsche “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche tags: paraphrased, strength 27407 likes like “The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
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