Angela > Angela's Quotes

“I am different, not less.”
― Temple Grandin

“You're only given a spark of madness. You musn't lose it.”
― Robin Williams

“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

“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
― Bob Marley

“It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.”
― Bette Davis

“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”
― Carrie Fisher

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

“When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home.”
― Erma Bombeck, When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
― Helen Keller

“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.”
― Robin Williams

“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of.
They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.”
― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

“The worst thing in life is not to end up all alone. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.”
― Robin McLaurin Williams

“You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“Résumé
Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
― Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”
― John C. Maxwell

“If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
― Ignacio Estrada

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry