inspirational quotes

[MemphisMark]

Speaking of e e cummings,


some pains are physical,
some are mental
the one thats both
is dental

 

[scifan57]

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else" - Emily Dickinson

 

[zstairlessone]

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
E. E. Cummings

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
Amy Lowell

The stigma of oddness is the price a myopic world always exacts of genius
Amy Lowell

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
Ezra Pound

(Inspired by MemphisMark)

 

[J. A.]

Let us be persuaded ... to consider that the soul is immortal and capable of enduring all evil and good, and so we shall always hold to the upward way and pursue justice with wisdom. Plato

 

[scifan57]

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop

 

[J. A.]

A positive attitude might not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr

 

[J. A.]

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. ~ eden ahbez

 

[J. A.]

"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest." -- Larry Lorenzoni

 

[scifan57]

"Our life is what our thoughts make it." - Marcus Aurelius

 

[scifan57]

"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." - Wayne W. Dyer

 

[zstairlessone]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
William W. Purkey

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
Dr. Seuss

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.
Neil Gaiman

Love means never having to say "I understand why I feel this way"

 

[J. A.]

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. Helen Keller

 

[squib]

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. Helen Keller

Thanks!,

 

[MemphisMark]

"Virus" is a complex medical term used by doctors, which means, "Your guess is as good as mine."

Veni, Vidi, Visa. -I came, I saw, I charged it!

Vidi, Vici, Veni. I'll let you guys translate this one.

 

[J. A.]

That best portion of a good man's life, — His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. ~ William Wordsworth