Quotes tagged with 'life'

The best way out is always through.
—Robert Frost life

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
—Robert Frost life poetry

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or whole soul.
—Mahatma Gandhi government life philosophy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
—Mahatma Gandhi life philosophy

When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.
—Ricky Gervais funny life

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
—Andre Gide life sailing travel

When I was younger, not fitting in felt like a flaw. Now it feels like freedom.
—John Mark Green freedom life

You'll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.
—Mandy Hale life

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.
—William Haley education life

People inspire you, or they drain you – pick them wisely.
—Hans F. Hansen friendship life

She was like the water that freezes inside a rock and breaks it apart. It was no more her fault than it is the fault of the water when the rock shatters.
—Jim Harrison / Legends of the Fall life love

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legends.
—Jim Harrison / Legends of the Fall life love

History teaches us that man learns nothing from history.
—Georg Hegel history life

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
—Ernest Hemingway life love

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
—Ernest Hemingway life

No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise, they grow careful.
—Ernest Hemingway life philosophy

Write drunk. Edit sober.
—Ernest Hemingway life

A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys.
—Charleton Heston life

Always take a stand for what is right. And if you end up standing alone, then dammit, stand alone.
—James Hilton / Cowboy courage life

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
—Christopher Hitchens life