The Quote Diary

A collection of quotes.

[observando]

I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.

Jason Mraz (via observando)

[deadpresidents]

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution. I shall never doubt it. I know that the Union is stronger a thousand times than all the wild and chimerical schemes of social change which are generated one after another in the unstable minds of visionary sophists and interested agitators. I rely confidently on the patriotism of the people, on the dignity and self-respect of of the States, on the wisdom of Congress, and, above all, on the continued gracious favor of Almighty God to maintain against all enemies, whether at home or abroad, the sanctity of the Constitution and the integrity of the Union.

President Franklin Pierce, Third Annual Message to Congress, December 31, 1855 (via deadpresidents)

[quotediary]

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you, but the greatness comes when you are really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes; because only if you’ve been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain… Always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember: Others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win, unless you hate them. And then, you destroy yourself

Richard Nixon

[quotediary]

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[quotediary]

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Mark Twain 

[kari-shma]

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways—either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Dalai Lama XIV (via kari-shma)

[quotediary]

You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.

Jim Rohn

[quotediary]

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing; that is enough for one man’s life.

T. S. Eliot

[quotediary]

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

Woodrow Wilson

[rebslovescoffee]

Transformation is my favourite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can’t work for you if you don’t show up as you.

Jason Mraz 

[quotediary]

Who you are can be found in those silences when your mind starts to wander. Who you are can be found when your friends turn to you for help or when you’re put in a crisis. Who you are is what you feel when you see suffering and equally when you see happiness. It’s what you do and how you feel when you’re alone and there’s no-one around to watch you… what really defines who we are is whether we can be okay with not being all the things we’d like to be.

Carrie Hope Fletcher (http://carriehopefletcher.com/)  

[quotediary]

You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.

George Bernard Shaw 

[quotediary]

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person

Mother Teresa

[quotediary]

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up

Jesse Jackson

[quotediary]

It is easier to forgive an enemy than it is to forgive a friend

William Blake

[quotediary]

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend

Aristotle

[quotediary]

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

Woodrow Wilson