Famous Quotes for Homework?

Question

Okay,

so for my homework, i have to get a quote that reflects my attitude towards life. Could you guys like throw a bunch of quotes at me and ill just choose one that works?

[one that works gets best answer]

Answer 1

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Marie Curie

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

William Goldman

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

Clarence S. Darrow

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

Lillian Dickson

And my personal fav!...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

Robert Frost

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

for us to help you we need to know your attitude towards life.

Answer 3

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. - Lily Tomlin

"Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. - Mark Twain

"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia." Thomas Szasz

"My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it." - Buddy Hackett

"I sometimes go to my own little world, but that's okay, they know me there." - Joel Hodgson

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin

"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." - George Carlin

A fly without wings should be called a "walk".

"I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally."- W.C. Fields

"Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk." - Stephen King

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Sir Winston Churchill

How many people here have telekinetic powers? Raise my hand. Emo Philips

To be clean at heart is to give happiness to others. Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

A task left undone remains undone in two places - at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience. They siphon off a little more of your personal power every time you delay. No need to be a perfectionist, that's debilitating in an imperfect world, but it's good to be a 'completionist'. If you start it, finish it...or forget it.  Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

To follow someone else's truth is a trap. The best strategy is to know your own truth, face it and live by it. Others may inspire, guide, give you directions, but ultimately you have to cut your own way through the jungle.  But you alone have to find your true North.  Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind. Albert Schweitzer

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic. Carl Rogers

Answer 4

"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."

  - James Madison

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.” -Denis Diderot

"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason" -Benjamin Franklin

“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.” - Aldous Huxely

Answer 5

I advise you to go to the Quotations Page to search for a quote. :)  You can provide your own keywords that have to do with your feelings towards life and it will bring up relevant quotes FOR you.

That way, you don't have to rely on random chance that someone will quote you something meaningful :)

Answer 6

"Don't be limited by others' limited imaginations."

- Mae Jemison