Quotes to inspire and reflect

You've got to love what's loveable and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

Love the life you live, live the life you love.

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.

I’m not confused, I’m just well mixed.

We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.

It’s a funny thing about life. If you refuse to settle for anything less than the best, that’s what it will give you.

Of all the creatures of earth, only human beings can change their patterns. Man alone is the architect of his destiny. ... Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.

Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.

The tragedy of life is not so much what we suffer, but rather what we miss.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you’re riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts. Put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

You always admire what you really don’t understand.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

I’d like to live as a poor man, with lots of money.

Be of love (a little) more careful than of everything.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

Not all horses were born equal. A few were born to win.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You ain’t gonna miss your water until your well runs dry.

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

To wish to be well is part of becoming well.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Open you eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living.

I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road of truth; not going all the way & not starting.

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be all right.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.