Destiny Smith > Destiny's Quotes

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“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, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!"
"What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, and the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You can't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!”
― Edward J. Stieglitz

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
― Jeanette Winterson

“The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote”
― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby

“Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong. ”
― Jodi Picoult

“But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.”
― Henry Miller

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde