Angela James > Angela's Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What's meant to be will always find a way”
― Trisha Yearwood

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
― Lou Holtz

“Patience is a virtue and the best things in life are worth waiting for.”
― Julie Spira, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online

“When I die, I want them to bury me facedown and ass up so that the whole world can kiss my ass!”
― Julie Halpern, Get Well Soon

“I used to be a know it all, then I learnt something else”
― Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems

“Pity, I've learned, is like a fart. You can tolerate your own, but you simply can't stand anyone else's.”
― Jonathan Tropper, How to Talk to a Widower

“I thought the best place to hide a tree was in the woods.”
― Patrick Holland, The Mary Smokes Boys

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock

“Let reason alone decide”
― Parmenides

“Strong thoughts are accompanied by great emotions”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.”
― Peter Kreeft, Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“ 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.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.”
― Charles Dickens

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“I’ve demanded of myself to be more demanding of others.”
― Jarod Kintz, $3.33

“Shut your eyes and see.”
― James Joyce