Quotes World

"Whatever our souls are made of, yours and mine are the same"

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:03:15 -0500

“Whatever our souls are made of, yours and mine are the same”

- Emily Brontë

"But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:38:12 -0500

“But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew — ‘and so do I’, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, ‘and so did my parents’ — that there was all the difference in the world.”

- from “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

"You can blow out a candle But you can’t blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:03:04 -0500

“You can blow out a candle
But you can’t blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher”

- excerpt from the song “Biko”, by Peter Gabriel, performed by Playing For Change

"Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:21:56 -0400

“Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

- Norman MacEwan

"Trinity: Please, Neo. You have to trust me. Neo: Why? Trinity: Because you have been down there,..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:06:40 -0400

“Trinity: Please, Neo. You have to trust me.
Neo: Why?
Trinity: Because you have been down there, Neo. You know that road. You know exactly where it ends. And I know that’s not where you want to be….”

- The Matrix

"Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:23:03 -0400

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend.”

- Albert Camus

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:01 -0400

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

- Arnold H. Glasgow

"Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful,..."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:01:59 -0400

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy, because we will always want to have something else or something more.”

- Brother David Steindl-Rast

"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was,..."

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:18:32 -0400

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”

- Marcel Pagnol (via littlemiss) (via thechiefactor)

[Amen]

(via daphneemarie)

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:10:39 -0400

(via daphneemarie)

Some days

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:58:50 -0400

Some days you feel tired

Some days you feel lonely

Some days you feel lost

Some days you feel a lot of things

Thank God tomorrow is always another day

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:23:15 -0400

“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

- Buddha

"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least."

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.”

- Lord Chesterfield

"Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nada Teu exagera ou exclui. Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto és No..."

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

“Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nada
Teu exagera ou exclui.
Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto és
No mínimo que fazes.
Assim em cada lago a lua toda
Brilha, porque alta vive.”

- Ricardo Reis (heterônimo de Fernando Pessoa)

"Eu tenho uma espécie de dever, Dever de sonhar, de SONHAR SEMPRE Pois sendo mais do que um..."

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

“Eu tenho uma espécie de dever,
Dever de sonhar, de SONHAR SEMPRE
Pois sendo mais do que um espectador de mim mesmo,
Eu tenho que ter o melhor espetáculo que posso,
E assim me construo a ouro e sedas
Em salas supostas invento palcos, cenários para viver o meu sonho
Entre luzes brandas e músicas invisíveis.”

- Fernando Pessoa

"The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming."

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:44:32 -0400

“The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.”

- Harvey Dent in “The Dark Knight”

"All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and..."

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:44:55 -0400

“All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.”

- Ralph Ransom

"Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies."

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:26:34 -0400

“Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.”

- J. T. Towbridge

"With confidence, you have won before you have started."

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:05:37 -0400

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.”

- Marcus Garvey

"For time is the longest distance between two places."

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:27:44 -0400

“For time is the longest distance between two places.”

- Tennessee Williams (so true… deep sigh…)