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A word to the wise: Memorable sayings

by Gabriel Yuva

Created on: August 04, 2009

These are a collection of a few uplifting, funny, and relatable quotes. Many of the people that these quotes and sayings originated from are significant figures in history, logical then, to latch on to a few of their words, while in addition findin some wisdom and humor from a reliablle source. I hope you enjoy.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars" - Brian Littrell

Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety nine percent perspiration-Thomas Edison

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, and it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when the entire pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
-St. Augustine

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. -Buddha

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. -Oscar Wilde

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. ~Author Unknown

Do not try to become anything.
Do not make yourself into anything.
Do not be a mediator.
Do not become enlightened.
When you sit, let it be.
WWhen you walk, let it be.

Grasp at nothing.
Resist nothing.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate -Ajhan Chah

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing- and then marry him. -Cher

Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable. -Cher

Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes -Washington Irving

If you can dream it, you can do it" -Walt Disney

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. -Cummings, E.E.

Love is like a butterfly, it gently goes where it pleases and pleases where it goes. -anonymous

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground. -Oprah Winfrey

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