Quotes You Like

Face the sun, then the shadow will be behind you.

African saying (I was told)

Sunshine all the time makes a desert. (Arab proverb)

Charles Chaplin : 'I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror'

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it,
but because by it I see everything else.
- C. S. Lewis

Jim Rohn

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

@ponderable said
Jim Rohn

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

Tell that to the next clinically depressed person you meet, see how far you get. You might as well tell a paraplegic that walking is a choice.

@shallow-blue said
Tell that to the next clinically depressed person you meet, see how far you get. You might as well tell a paraplegic that walking is a choice.

In fact all of so called inspirational quotes are for the "normal" Person.
Please post a Quote that is uplifting for absolutely everybody.
The floor is yours!

@Grampy-Bobby

Maybe a bit on the pessimistic side, but has something to it:

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
Dorothy L. Sayers

@Ponderable
“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

Lady Astor (to Churchill): Winston, if you were my husband I’d put poison in your drink.
Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife I’d drink it!

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken
US computer scientist (1900 - 1973)

My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's,
but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid.
I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.
John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
Diogenes the Cynic
(412 BC - 323 BC)

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me. - John Scalzi

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.

J. K. Rowling