Favorite Quotes

January 31st, 2009

Reality is for those who lack imagination. - unknown

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality. - unknown

Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. - Mark Twain

Sanity is a madness put to good use. - George Santayana

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. - Jules de Gaultier

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. - Ray Bradbury

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. - Aristotle

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It’s a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life. - Carrie Fischer

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

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our greatest Glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

You have to have a darkness … for the dawn to come. - Harrison Ford

Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. - Brian Adams

When one lives without hope, the willingness to do is paralyzed… It is being disabled, not by illness or disease, but by despair. - Patricia Deegan, PhD.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. - Euripides

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. - Herm Albright

A friend’s eye is a good mirror. - Celtic Proverb

A kind word never broke anyone’s mouth. - Irish Proverb

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