2026 Reading Challenge

A.R. Von > A.R.'s Quotes

Showing 1-30 of 206
« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7
sort by

    like
  • #1
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
    177072 likes

    • like
  • #2
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
    74332 likes

    • like
  • #3
    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130145 likes

    • like
  • #4
    Émile Zola
    “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
    ― Émile Zola
    tags: art, calling, life
    3815 likes

    • like
  • #5
    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
    128899 likes

    • like
  • #6
    Dr. Seuss
    “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: fantasy
    36837 likes

    • like
  • #7
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
    77748 likes

    • like
  • #8
    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
    62178 likes

    • like
  • #9
    Maurice Sendak
    “And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”
    ― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
    tags: love
    375 likes

    • like
  • #10
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: dragons, wisdom
    8730 likes

    • like
  • #11
    Woody Allen
    “I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.”
    ― Woody Allen
    tags: humor, life, sex
    6557 likes

    • like
  • #12
    Mae West
    “There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: women
    8244 likes

    • like
  • #13
    Karen Marie Moning
    “One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”
    ― Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever
    tags: kiss, love
    3474 likes

    • like
  • #14
    Groucho Marx
    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: books, humor, reading, television
    23097 likes

    • like
  • #15
    Karen Marie Moning
    “Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us what we are.”
    ― Karen Marie Moning, Faefever
    884 likes

    • like
  • #16
    Karen Marie Moning
    “You're leaving me, Rainbow Girl.”
    ― Karen Marie Moning, Dreamfever
    tags: barrons, dreamfever, mac
    901 likes

    • like
  • #17
    Patricia Briggs
    “Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”
    ― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed
    tags: simile
    1642 likes

    • like
  • #18
    Karen Marie Moning
    “I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.”
    ― Karen Marie Moning, Darkfever
    tags: books, reading
    707 likes

    • like
  • #19
    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: books, friends, novelist-quotes
    23584 likes

    • like
  • #20
    Frederick Douglass
    “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
    ― Frederick Douglass
    tags: strength
    1744 likes

    • like
  • #21
    Alfred Tennyson
    “I am a part of all that I have met.”
    ― Alfred Tennyson, The Complete Poetical Works of Tennyson
    tags: attitude, inspirational
    2352 likes

    • like
  • #22
    Herman Melville
    “A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.”
    ― Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
    1208 likes

    • like
  • #23
    J.K. Rowling
    “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: mischief
    37391 likes

    • like
  • #24
    Alexandre Dumas
    “Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
    tags: adventure
    1441 likes

    • like
  • #25
    Pablo Neruda
    “Love! Love until the night collapses!”
    ― Pablo Neruda, Machu Picchu
    tags: love
    565 likes

    • like
  • #26
    Irving Stone
    “There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
    ― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense
    tags: books, friendship
    4243 likes

    • like
  • #27
    Jean de la Fontaine
    “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
    ― Jean de La Fontaine, Fables
    2691 likes

    • like
  • #28
    E.L. Doctorow
    “Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
    ― E.L. Doctorow
    tags: writing
    4684 likes

    • like
  • #29
    Octavia E. Butler
    “In order to rise
    From its own ashes
    A phoenix
    First
    Must
    Burn.”
    ― Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents
    3102 likes

    • like
  • #30
    Thomas Jefferson
    “I cannot live without books.”
    ― Thomas Jefferson
    tags: books
    7339 likes



Rss
« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7
All Quotes



Tags From A.R.’s Quotes

attributed-no-source
be-yourself
gilbert-perreira
honesty
inspirational
misattributed-oscar-wilde
quote-investigator
music
philosophy
ataraxy
confidence
fitting-in
individuality
misattributed-dr-seuss
those-who-matter
art
calling
life
dance
heaven
hurt
love
sing
fantasy
carpe-diem
education
learning
dragons
wisdom
humor
sex
women
kiss
books
reading
television
barrons
dreamfever
mac
simile
friends
novelist-quotes
strength
attitude
mischief
adventure
friendship
writing