Any quotes come to mind?

Question

yeah im looking for some realistic ones..thoughtful...anything that comes to mind i'll be happy to read

i'll start off .. "dont make someone a priority in your life when you're just an option in theirs"

Answer 1

“The most wonderful and the strongest things in the world, you know, are just the things which no one can see.  There is life in you; and it is the life in you which makes you grow, and move, and think; and yet you can’t see it.”---Charles Kingsley

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”---C.S. Lewis

“No one has a right to say that no water babies exist till they have seen no water babies existing, which is quite a different thing, mind, from not seeing water babies.”---Charles Kingsley

“You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”---C.S. Lewis

"There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away"---Emily Dickinson

"The only thing we have to decide, is what to do with the time that is given to us."---J.R.R. Tolkien

These are some of my favorites, I hope you like them. :)

Answer 2

"It is nice to

be important but it is more important to be nice"

"If there is a will, there is a way"

Answer 3

We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue. Hayden Fry

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life. Marilu Henner

If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision," you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

Mary McCarthy

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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.  

English Proverb

Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.  Russian Proverb

Don't throw away your old shoes before you have new shoes.  German Proverb

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.

Margaret Anderson

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Diogenes

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"Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.”

“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.”

“Be yourself, don't take anyone's ---t, and never let them take you alive.”

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

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Answer 4

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