Awesome Quotes

So these are AWESOME QUOTES that I really like. They could be funny, inspirational, stupid, or whatever lol. I just like 'em, so enjoy! (p.s i'll keep adding more over time, so check back!)

1. Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak…sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.

- Unknown

2. Common sense is not so common.

- Jessica Truman

3. A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

- Anonymous

4. Always listen to your heart, cause even though it's on your left, it's always right.

- tallguy9416

5. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

- Will Rogers

6. In the eyes of a child you will see...the world as it should be.

- Unknown

7. The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.

- Chinese Proverb

8. A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone.

- Unknown

9. "An eye for an eye" leaves the whole world blind.

- Unknown

10. God gave us mouths that close and ears that don't-- that should tell us something

- unknown

11. Don't think less of yourself, think of yourself less.

- Unknown

12. I can only show you the door. You're the one who has to walk through it.

- The Matrix ' Morpheous

13. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

- Albert Einstein

14. "I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody."

- Louis L'Amour

15. Dont make her wait just cause you know she will.

- Unknown

16. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

- Ghandi

17. Some people think before they speak. Some people speak before they think. But the smart ones just smile and nod...

- b.b.k.truth...

18. "I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge; That myth is more potent than history; That dreams are more powerful than facts; That hope always triumphs over experience; That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."

- unknown

19. When you realize God is all you have, you realize, God is all you needed in the first place.

- unknown

20. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

- unknown

21. People are to be loved and things are to be used...immorality occurs, when things are loved and people are used.

- Unknown

22. The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

- Peter Drucker

23. There's a difference between knowing the path and walking it.

- The Matrix ' Morpheous

24. We only hear what we want to hear...
We only see what we want to see...
Until reality hits...

- Kristi

25. A man who can smile when all has gone wrong has thought of somebody to blame.

- Unknown

26. It is impossible to defeat an ignorant person in an argument.

- William McAdoo

27. The secret of happiness is not doing the things that you like but liking the things that you do.

- Unknown

28. Do not judge, for everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

- unknown

29. It is nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.

- Unknown

30. A mirror does not show who you are, instead it shows who you pretend to be.

- Laura Regus

31. "Maturity is simply the wisdom to determine the right time to be a kid and the right time to be an adult."

- Nate Storvik

32. I’m very hard to understand but extremely easy to please.

- Nathan Gilkarov

33. Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

- Abraham Lincoln

34. One who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

- Casanova

35. Don't wrestle in the mud with the pigs, you both get dirty and the pig likes it.

- unknown

36. Nothing worth having comes easy.

- Dr Bob Kelso

37. The biggest problem in the world should've been solved when it was small.

- Unknown

38. Everyone thinks that bad things happen to "someone else". Never forget, we're all "someone else" to someone else.

- Ben P.

39. Words kill as good as ANY gun.

- unknown

40. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer youself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."

- Theodor Seuss Geisel, A.K.A Dr. Seuss

41. Someone doesn't have to be perfect to be exactly what you need

- unknown

42. "If you judge by sight, you cannot see."

- Mallory Jones

43. "Sometimes it is a good feeling to feel nothing"

- Mike Bronson

44. Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

- Les Brown

45. The problem is not the problem. The problem is one's attitude about the problem.

- Anonymous

46. Behind every beautiful girl is a dumb@ss guy that made her strong.

- unknown

47. Don't ask someone for their opinion unless you're ready to listen.

- Susan

48. You can close your eyes to the obvious,
You can turn your back on the truth
You can run from what you fear
But you cant deny what you know
You cant block out the truth forever
You cant run long enough to get away from what you must one day face.

- Truden

49. I lie the loudest when I lie to myself.

- Unknown

50. Those who are afraid to fall,will never fly.

-unknown

51. He wears the pants in the relationship.
But I control the zipper.

- unknown

52. The hardest thing as a young adult is being who you are even when it would be easier to blend in with everybody else.

- unknown

53. People always think too much about things that are not worth the thought.

- unknown

54. Blessed is the man who admires without being jealous, praises without flattery, follows without imitating, and leads without manipulating.

- Unknown

55. You won my heart from the beginning but every time you kiss my forhead, wrap your arms around me, reach for my hand in the dark when we're in the car, or when you kiss me; you win my heart all over again.

- unknown

56. There is reason behind all pain.

- Anon.

57. The biggest achievement in failure is knowing that you tried.

- unknown

58. A wise monkey never monkies around with another monkey's monkey!

- unknown

59. When the train goes through a tunnel and the world gets dark, do you jump out? Of course not. You sit still and trust the engineer to get you through.

- Corrie Ten Boom

60. The only thing worse than making a mistake is making a mistake and not learning from it.

- Christina Wells

61. Sometimes the questions are simple, but the answers are complicated.

- Unknown

62. Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?

- Pamela Daranjo

63. No matter how dark the night....morning always comes.

- lulu (final fantasy 10)

64. "Every phrase you write is a feeling you are trying to let go."

- Luis Lira

65. When the power of love over comes the love of power...the world will know peace.

- Jimi Hendrix

66. Keep your expectations low and your hopes high.

- unknown

67. When you judge others, you don't define them, you define yourself.

- unknown

68. The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

- Albert Einstein:

69. If we didn't have drama in our lives there wouldn't be anything to make movies about.

- Pieter B.

70. I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger.

- Rod Stewart

71. To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.

- unknown

72. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

- Confucius

73. It is better to sleep on something that you are planning to do, rather than keeping yourself awake because of things that you have done.

- Unknown

74. The only way to conquer a fear is to face it head on.

- Tim Hubbard

75. Those who don't take risks in life will never fall, but they won't soar.

- Phil

76. Sometimes people can piss you off so much you run out of numbers to decribe you level of anger...

- unknown

77. When will we learn to take our own advice?

- Unknown

78. Never be afraid to pray. If you want to say a prayer, short or long, no matter where it is, bow your head and pray.

- Unknown

79. Don't lose a diamond while your occupied collecting stones.

- Shane Michael

80. Do not underestimate the power of human stupidity.

- Unknown

81. Sometimes I think I understand everything. Then I regain consciousness.

- unknown

82. Why run from reality, when it can run faster than you?

- Cardell Holinaty

83. Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils.

- Louis Hector Berlioz

84. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

- unknown

85. Men are like parking spots, the good ones are taken and the free ones are handicapped.

- unknown

86. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

- unknown

87. Girls are like phones. We love to be held and talked to, but if you press the wrong button you'll be disconnected!

- unknown

88. It takes 46 muscles to frown but only 4 to flip 'em the bird.

- unknown

89. "Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

- Douglas Adams

90. Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

- unknown

91. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

- unknown

92. Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.

- unknown

93. The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

- unknown

94. How many roads must a man walk down before he admits he's lost?

- unknown

95. Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

- Lily Tomlin

96. He who laughs last didn't get it.

- unknown

97. Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

- unknown

98. Whatever it is -- I didn't do it! (LOL...that reminded me of Kevin when I read it....)

- unknown

99. Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

- unknown

100. Sometimes the obvious is the most un-obvious.

- Unknown

101. Let go of the past so you can have a future.

- Ice Age 2

102. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

- unknown

103. What you dont see with your eyes, dont witness with your mouth.

- unknown

104. I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

- Anne Frank

105. People don't plan to fail...they fail to plan.

- Unknown

106. I do not simply want to do the right thing. I want to do the right thing for the right reasons.

- Philippos

107. If I knew where I lost it, I wouldn't have lost it.

- Kimmy J

108. Our past may be a nightmare.
Our future may be a nice dream.
Our present is reality.

- Unknown

109. I think I always knew deep down that I hated you, but I never admitted it. I put up with all of your shit. I helped you when you needed me. I was always there for you. But in the end, it was you making my life hell and there's not a damn thing I can do to take back anything I did or said. Not even our friendship.

- unknown

110. You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

- Navajo Proverb

111. I find that lately I have to remind myself that part of moving on is letting go.

- unknown

112. Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

- unknown

113. A fool can always find a greater fool who admires him.

- Boileau

114. What worries you masters you.

- Haddon W. Robinson

115. 30 years from now, it won't matter what jeans you wore, how popular you were, what your hair looked like, or what sneakers you wore. What will matter is what you made of your education, and where it took you in life.

- Unknown

116. Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.

- Voltaire

117. When you go for revenge be sure that you dig two graves.

- confucious

118. Failure is not an option.

- unknown

119. "The greatest harm can result from the best intentions."

- Stone of Tears, by Terry Goodkind

120. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

- John Wooden

121. The only thing that doesn't get easier with experience is the saying of goodbyes.

- unknown

122. You will always fail if you never try.

- Gareth Rurak

123. Remember, if you have to think for even a second about what it is your doing, you know its wrong.

- Truden

124. Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.

- unknown

125. There are plenty of fish in the sea, but not all of them are edible.

- Kevin A.

126. The internet is a great sponge; it absorbs a large part of our lives.

- Philippos

127. Whilst some of us drink from the fountain of wisdom, others only gargle.

- QI

128. Being bored shows lack of imagination.

- Unknown

129. That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our lives and our character.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

130. The only problem with following the crowd is that it's crowded.

- Unknown

131. If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

- Albert Einstein

132. Remember, the devil has a trap set for all of us, its your job to jump over it. God will be your springs.

- unknown

133. Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

- Edgar Allen Poe

134. True strength is standing back up after the wind knocks you down.

- unknown

135. When you've lost everything you have, what's left is everything you never had.

- unknown

136. Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

- Socrates

137. The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.

- Unknown

138. If we see with open eyes and we listen with open ears...
why don't we think with an open mind?

- unknown

139. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

- unknown

140. You have the attention span of a squirell.

- Jade7183

141. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

- unknown

142. DO NOT DISTURB! I am disturbed enough as it is!

- charmaine (oxfordshire)

143. Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

- Harvey Fierstein

144. The hardest things to see are the ones right in front of your face.

- Staci Scott

145. Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

- Shirley MacLaine

146. Confuse an approaching frown with a smile.

- A Thousand Paths To Enlightenment

147. I do care about my looks, because im a girl, but i dont want people to listen with their eyes.

- joss stone

148. First thoughts are not always the best.

- Vittorio Alfieri

149. The sooner you stop waiting for someone to arrive on a white horse and save you, the sooner you'll be able to focus on saving yourself - but that would be way too logical for a loser like you.

- Unknown

150. The little details can change everything.

- -Sami-

151. “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”

- johnathan swift

152. Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

- The Cockel Bur

153. I would rather be told twice than not at all.

- Dwight C. Gibson, Jr.

154. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

- Proverb

155. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

- Proverb

156. Time is man's true enemy because they have no control over it.

- unknown

157. How we see others is only a reflection of how we see ourselves.

- unknown

158. Things that seem good aren't always the best thing.

- Melissa Hernandez

159. If your looking up to people who are looking down at you, your look up to the wrong people.

- Nathan Gilkarov

160. I wish I was a telephone,
For then, at least, she’ll hold me,
She may not bring me close to her heart
But she’ll open her ears to hear me

- Kanwarjit Singh Saluja

161. Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts.

- unknown

162. One who can't learn to respect himself is rarely able to respect others.

- unknown

163. Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

- unknown

164. "Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open."

- Lord Thomas Dewar

165. Liars, when they speak the truth, are not believed.

- Aristotle

166. Knowing what to say is one thing, but its knowing when to say it that really makes the difference.

- unknown

167. It's amazing how old friends can become new enemies and old enemies can become new friends.

- Tiona Jeske

168. You might be on the right path but if you just sit there you will get run over.

- unknown

169. Together we stand, united we fall.

- Unknown

170. A promise is a debt.

- Unknown

171. There is no right way to do the wrong thing

- Unknown

172. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character...

- Martin Lther King Jr.

173. The single most important view of yourself is your own.

- Bill Bartmann

174. “You don’t marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without.”

- unknown

175. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is to love and be loved in return.”

- Natalie Cole

176. “I don’t miss him, I miss who I thought he was.”

- unknown

177. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, and from love to matrimony in a moment.”

- unknown

178. “All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.”

- John Berger

179. When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.

- Elizabeth Bowen

180. Love is like the sun coming out of the clouds and warming your soul.

- Author Unknown

181. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

- Unknown

182. When you've hit rock bottom, the only place left is up.

- Shado

183. Hell is the equivelent of being caught with the neighbor's daghter.

- buldog101

184. Practice what you preach.

- David Maister

185. If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.

- Jack Handy

186. I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are details.

- Albert Einstein

187. Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

- Unknown

188. One good wish changes nothing. One good decision changes everything.

- Unknown

189. We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.

- Native American Wisdom

190. It's true that nice guys finish last. Fortunately, it's not a race I want to win.

- Jef Allen

191. One voice is but a pebble to the rest of the world. A thousand voices at once is an avalanche.

- unknown

192. "Age is no guarantee of maturity."

- Unknown

193. "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

- Philippos

194. Critize me for having failed but not for having tried.

- unknown

195. "Be careful what you wish for."

- Unknown

196. Life is what happens to us when we least expect it.

- Ken Roycroft / Luis

197. If you find yourself worrying about what other people think about you, think about this: if they thought that a fish was a flower, that wouldn't make it so.

- Ret

198. Even the boldest zebra fears the hungry lion.

- Unknown

199. Cherish your life today, because no one promised you tomorrow.

- Lina Johnston

200. One thought can change the world.

- Unknown

201. You were born an original, don't die a copy.

- Unknown

202. I myself am Heavan and Hell.

- Omar Khayyam

203. We all walk in darkness, and each of us must turn on our own light.

- unknown

204. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and exprcting a different result.

- Albert Einstein

205. Things aren't always as they seem.

- unknown

206. Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.

-Unknown

207. We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

-Stacia Tauscher

208. We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

-Unknown

209. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

-Thomas A. Edison

210. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

-Unknown

211. Be a smart monkey.

- unknown

212. Think positive and have low expectations, life is better that way.

-ARA....me lol

213. Healing is growing, and growing is painful.

- The Girlfriend Project (Robin Friedman)

214. Let's not and tell the truth.

- Gershom Wetzel

215. If you want to lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back to the crowd.

- unknown

216. I’m just a kid in a crowd full of strangers.

- KDR

217. Procrastinators unite tomorrow!

- unknown

218. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

-unknown

219. If duct tape won't fix it, chocolate will.

- Rules For Life (Darlene Ryan)

220. So I ate some skittles...sue me.

- Danny (We the Kings)

221. He is trying to get his angelfish to have babies and is rearranging the tank furniture to get the mood just right.

- Alice, I Think (Susan Juby)

222. God gave us one mouth to talk and two ears to listen.

- unknown

223. "It's people like us that are misunderstood for what we do. We read because it's who we are. We read to escape the world around us. To escape and never want to come back. We read, and while we do, we become a new person. We feel what the main character feels. And we understand them for who they are. It's people like us, who are asked why we read, and there is no answer to give. Are there words for the feeling of becoming someone by something as simple as a few paragraphs? There are no words for what we do. Only feelings. And it's only us who will ever understand it."

- unknown

224. There are no nudists in cold areas.

- Tsugami Ohba

225. When life hands you lemons, make grape juice, then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it.

- unknown

226. I dream of a world were chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.

- unknown

227. When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

- unknown

228. "When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams can come true. Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the Earth which will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor."

- unknown

229. "You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."

- Bob Hope

230. "If you love someone, draw their name in a circle not a heart, because a heart can be broken, but a circle goes on forever."

- unknown

231. Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?

- unknown

241. Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.

- Barack H. Obama

242. On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

- Barack H. Obama

243. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

- Barack H. Obama

244. Love didn't work that way, I decided. Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.

- Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)

245. Photographs ;; their crazy. They're beyond believable, they're still frames of your life happening right before your eyes. Some have a meaning that are endless. Like a picture of you as a baby, your first birthday, or the first days of school.. or pictures of your family, with loved ones who..ve passed away. Others tell stories of regret or things you never want to remember. Like pictures of that one boy, who treated you like the ground he walked on. Or pictures that you don..t even remember where you were & what you did because you were "so wasted." These are the pictures ; you want to rip up & burn, but you can't. You can..t rearrange the pages, to make it a prettier picture. It's the album of your life, & you..re filling up the pages one picture at a time.

- Unknown