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Each one of us have a favorite quote(s), I have many ones but my best is:

"Happiness is in the heart not in the circumstances"

What about you?

By whom Chouaib?

Mine probably is
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs", wrongly attribuited to Karl Marx, really by Louis Blanc.

It is my "life philosophy": to do always my best, thinking that's reward enough

LauraT wrote: "By whom Chouaib?

Mine probably is
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs", wrongly attribuited to Karl Marx, really by Louis Blanc.

It is my "life philosophy": to do ..."

The author is unknown Laura, I try to practice it in my life, not all days are good, so we need this kind of methods to keep our optimism.

Yes, your life philosophy reminded me of a quote "What you are will show in what you do" by Thomas Alva Edison, It's nice to have this way of thinking.

I have lots of them. A few that come to mind:

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." — Henry David Thoreau

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.”
― Herman Melville

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. " —Thomas Paine

I have heaps of favourites, all chosen for different reasons. Here's a few:

"Everybody dies. The thing is to have a life before you die" John Irving in The World According to Garp

"Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken" Oscar Wilde

"Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrow." Louis de Bernières in Birds Without Wings

"In the world I am
always a stranger
I do not understand it's language
It does not understand my silence" Bei Dao

Chuck wrote: "I have lots of them. A few that come to mind:

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." — Henry David Thoreau

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, noth..."


Thanks for the share Chuck

B the BookAddict wrote: "I have heaps of favourites, all chosen for different reasons. Here's a few:

"Everybody dies. The thing is to have a life before you die" John Irving in [book:The World According to G..."


I like the first one, completely right.

My favorite is from Man and Superman:

"Beware the pursuit of the superhuman; it leads to an indiscriminate contempt of the human."

Terri wrote: "My favorite is from Man and Superman:

"Beware the pursuit of the superhuman; it leads to an indiscriminate contempt of the human.""

Alright Terri, as Laura said "From each according to his ability"

I also think one of the truest quotes is:

“Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.” Horace Walpole

Nice this one Bette

Yeah, it is. I always thought it was an Oscar Wilde quote, no idea why. But GR corrected me!

B the BookAddict wrote: "I also think one of the truest quotes is:

“Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.” Horace Walpole"

Yes, that's why we should always use brains before hearts.

Chouaib wrote: "Each one of us have a favorite quote(s), I have many ones but my best is:

"Happiness is in the heart not in the circumstances"

What about you?"

I like this very much - thanks for sharing Chouaib!

I have different quotes I like for different reasons.

Here are a few:

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde

“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

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ― Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin

This last one has been much on my mind since the first passing of the Patriot Act, now more than 10 years ago...

"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
-Napoleon Hill

If I write what I feel, it's to reduce the fever of feeling. What I confess is unimportant, because everything is unimportant. - - Book of Disquiet

Another very special line for me is:

"Hope is the thing with feathers" Emily Dickinson

Leslie wrote: "Chouaib wrote: "Each one of us have a favorite quote(s), I have many ones but my best is:

"Happiness is in the heart not in the circumstances"

What about you?"

I like this very much - thanks for..."

Welcome Leslie, the goal is to share and let people discover new ones.

By the way, I will add your second one to my favorite ones. Thanks!

Scarlett wrote: ""A goal is a dream with a deadline."
-Napoleon Hill"

I think that a goal or a dream are the same, both aren't attainable at the moment but possible on the future, and in my own point of view we can't apply deadline for our dreams/goals to avoid give up or feel impossible at a specific date except in some situations like professional work for exemple.

Thanks Scarlett for share it :)

Tarinla wrote: "If I write what I feel, it's to reduce the fever of feeling. What I confess is unimportant, because everything is unimportant. - - Book of Disquiet"

Yes Tarinla, thanks!

B the BookAddict wrote: "Another very special line for me is:

"Hope is the thing with feathers" Emily Dickinson"

And feathers depend of the people imagination, Thanks!

"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." - Mark Twain

Ruth wrote: ""Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." - Mark Twain"

That's funny

" Curiouser and Curiouser cried Alice"- Alice in Wonderland

LauraT wrote: "Ruth wrote: ""Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." - Mark Twain"

That's funny"

That's why I love Mark Twain.

;)

Here's a couple from A Christmas Carol that I'd only discovered in last night's reading...

"“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”"

and

"“Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round— apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that— as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable , pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave , and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”"

"The only journey is the one within". I can't remember its author.

If I don't have a credit listed for some of these, it is because I don't know it. Some of the other quotes that have been listed above are also excellent! Thanks for sharing.

"A woman who trims herself to suit everybody, will soon whittle herself away."

"Hard work is the accummulation of easy things that you didn't do when you should have."

"It's never too late to be what you might have been."

"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

“How to accept that someone we love is dead? How to accept that the world contains one less person to love us?” Yasmina Rezi

"The chief beauty about time
is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour
are lying ready for you
as perfect, as unspoiled,
as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf
every hour if you choose."
~Arnold Bennett

"The tree is worth the climb."

"You have circled the mountain long enough. Now turn north."
Deuteronomy 2:3

"So many books, so little time..."

"Books and cats, life is good!"

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

"There is only one sin, and that is theft...when you tell a lie, that is someone's right to the truth" Khaled Hosseini

"Do one thing everyday that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt

I like the books and cats quote Jackie. Two of my favorite things.

Hi, I'm Shina. My favorite quote is by Maya Angelou:
"When someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time."

That's a great quote Shina, and SO true!

Tom wrote: "Here's a couple from A Christmas Carol that I'd only discovered in last night's reading...

"“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do th..."

Always have really liked those ones Tom.

I don't really have a favourite, but I've always loved this quote from Issac Newton:

"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

I get shivers when I read it.

I ran across this quote today and really liked it:

"For it is the mind which creates the world about us, and, even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched." ~ The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing

What a lovely thread. That one is quite true, Leslie. Here are two of my favorites:

"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is do when it is in your power to do it."--Proverbs 3:27

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."--George Bernard Shaw

I love that GBS quote :-)

Leslie wrote: "I love that GBS quote :-)"

Me too!

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."-Napoleon Hill

I don't have one favourite quote, but here is one I read earlier this week that I adored--it took me by surprise as well, and is from Jane Austen's Persuasion


Prettier musings of high-wrought love and eternal constancy could never have passed along the streets of Bath than Anne was sporting with from Camden Place to Westgate Buildings. It was almost enough to spread purification and perfume all the way.

I love a few but I'm really loving this one at the moment
"No one is ever the villain of their own story" Lady Midnight

My favorite quote would have to be

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

I do enjoy the quote from Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken",

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky." - Rumi

“We read to know we are not alone. CS. Lewis

Nancy from NJ wrote: "“We read to know we are not alone. CS. Lewis"

Lovely!

Great C.S. Lewis quote! I'll have to add that one to my favorites.