Meaningful Quotes

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Simone de Beauvoir

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

Get off your horse and drink your milk.
John Wayne

I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.
Tom Petty

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
Colin Powell

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
E. E. Cummings

Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.
Kenny Rogers

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.
Judy Garland

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
Graham Greene

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.
Salman Rushdie

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
David Ogilvy

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them.
Neil Gaiman

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.
Alfred Adler

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.
Hugh Hefner

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
Marianne Williamson

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.
Marianne Williamson

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.
John Adams

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Og Mandino

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Og Mandino

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Pythagoras

Education is all a matter of building bridges.
Ralph Ellison

Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.
Joan Crawford

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
Eddie Murphy

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
Ray Bradbury

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
Ray Bradbury

Why by a book when you can join a library.
Ricky Gervais

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!
Stevie Wonder

Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.
Stevie Wonder

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Abbie Hoffman

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

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

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
Abigail Adams