Famous and not so famous quotes

These are some of my favorite quotes, a few of which are of my own thoughts.

Have any favorites of your own? - Accidental Poet

1. "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." - Mother Teresa.
2. "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
3. "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." - Margaret Mead.
4. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson.
5. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt.
6. “Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command” – Allan Watts
7. "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin.
8. "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon
9. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller
10. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

12. “Is a man only a man, when the pull of gravity he can resist?” ~ Robert Hays
13. "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." -Babe Ruth
14. "Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated." -Maya Angelou
16. "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." -Tony Robbins
17. "In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." -Mother Teresa
18. "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." -Dalai Lama
19.  "I recently was watching a video on YouTube on quotes about old age and suddenly realized they were all about me." - Accidental Poet.
20. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
21. "Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life." -John Wooden
22. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -Robert Frost
23. "Love the life you live. Live the life you love." -Bob Marley
24. “Poor is the soul who sees not the awe of sunrise, but instead whines of another day in debt” - Robert Hays
25. “It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau.
26. “A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.” -Herb Caen
27. “Love is all the world really needs. After that, everything else will fall into place.” – Accidental Poet
28. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
29. "Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you." -Zig Ziglar
30. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” -John Muir.
31. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
32. "Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." -John Wooden
33. "You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job and not be paid for it." -Oprah Winfrey
34. “Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.” - Muhammad Ali.
35. “Many a man has scoffed at the thought of being a romantic. But love for one woman will be his biggest weakness, while also his greatest strength.” – Accidental Poet
36. "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." -Vidal Sassoon
37. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky
38. "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford
39. “A real friend invites you in, rather than leave you standing out in the cold.” – Accidental Poet
40. “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” - Ayn Rand.
41. "The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." -Ayn Rand
42. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." -Theodore Roosevelt
43. “The glass may be half empty, but it’s also half full” – Accidental Poet
44. Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. - Richard Bach.
45. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou
46. "Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." -George Addair
47. The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. - Epictetus.
48. I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? - Richard Bach.
49. At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. - Plato.
50. “The magic in love, is just believing in it.” – Accidental Poet
51. Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. - Baltasar Gracian.
52. True love stories never have endings. - Richard Bach.
53. "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." -Henry Ford
54. "I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." -Benjamin Franklin
55. "I would rather die of passion than of boredom." -Vincent van Gogh
56. “The greatest loves all have one thing in common, someone who believes! – Accidental Poet
57. “In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ~ Albert Schweitzer.
58. “When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique” – Allan Watts
59. Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. ~ Richard Bach.
60. It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost. ~ Richard Bach.
61. “At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day, start the new year off by smiling” – Accidental Poet.