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Quotable Quotes
Compiled by Ian Howard

 

Alice:                Which way should I go from here?

Cheshire cat:     That depends on where you want to get to.

Alice:                I don't much care where.

Cheshire cat:     Then it doesn't matter which way you go.

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

 

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Rita Mae Brown

 

If we don't change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. Chinese Proverb

 

Resisting change is like holding one's breath; Success is fatal. Unknown

 

Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. William Shakespeare, Macbeth

 

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. Schopenhauer

 

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. H. Agar, A Time for Greatness

 

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

Marianne Williamson, also attributed to Nelson Mandela in his Inaugural Speech 1994

 

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Charles Dubois

 

Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. Albert Einstein

 

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognised by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. George Bernard Shaw

 

One of the greatest acts of daring one can perform is to be oneself. J A Hadfield

 

You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit. Harry S Truman

 

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

When there are no fish in one spot, cast your hook in another. Chinese Proverb

 

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. Theodore N Vail

 

To take any kind of committed action, people need to think things through for themselves. David Rock, Quiet Leadership

 

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction. Pablo Picasso

 

Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath. Unknown

 

Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the Peace of God. A Course in Miracles

 

Nobody ever went blind from looking on the bright side. Unknown

Resource:

'Quotable Quotes' compiled by Ian Howard (16kb .pdf Document)

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