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I have a quote from Virgil aeneid ” the descent to hell is easy,the black gates stand open night and day, but to climb back up again to retrace ones steps to the upper air there in lies the laborious task, the toil.”
Thanks hope you consider it,
B. Sackett
“Son, remember when you fight to be free
To see things how they are and not how you like em to be
Cause even when the world is falling on top of me
Pessimism is an emotion, not a philosophy” – Immortal Technique


“The tragedy of life is not death itself but what dies inside of you while you live.”
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“I fear not the man that has thrown 1,000 kicks one time, but the man that has thrown 1 kick 1,000 times.” –Bruce Lee
Thank you for this awesome post Chris!
Another quote from my dad, “Don’t walk in fear, but AS fear.”
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Bruce Lee has some GREAT ones, I put a bunch of his here actually https://chrismccombs.net/life-lessons-from-bruce-lee-tyler-durde-rocky-balboa-and-muhammad-ali/
including the one you posted, it’s a GREAT one
Replyyou don’t know a champ when he is winning,
he shows to be a champ by the way he stands up after falling…

Bravo! Some quotes made me pause a little and reflect for a moment and then I wrote not to forget.
kindness generates kindness. (Profeta Gentileza)
Miracles happen when we go to the fight! (Sérgio Vaz)
The best way to help others is to tell them that they can think. (Dom Élder Câmara)
I mean now the opposite of what I said before. I’d rather be a metamorphosis to have that old idea unchanging about everything. (Raul Seixas)
Voiceless peace is not peace, it’s fear. Sometimes I talk about life, sometimes she
asks me: what kind of peace do I need to be happy?(O Rappa)

Great quotes Tiago, I especially love “I mean now the opposite of what I said before. I’d rather be a metamorphosis to have that old idea unchanging about everything.” (Raul Seixas)
ReplyDude, I like the quotes, but only 6 (!) out of 100 are by women! That has to be rectified. Here’s one to start with:
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
– Virginia Woolf
Two more of my favorites:
“The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation” – Jonathan Larson, RENT
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller
Also, regarding the Karen Nave quote “…imperfection is happiness” -have you ever read The Spirituality of Imperfection? At first I thought it was way too “woo-woo” if you know what I mean, but someone who is very level-headed and practical was the one to recommend it to me, so I kept reading. It has a lot of beauty.
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Ferris Bueller quote, awesome
just put that book on my amazon list
ReplyOh – I meant to say thanks to Karlyn for commenting on the disparity. Not surprising, but it’s worth paying attention to, you know?
and yes, I find irony in the fact that the two quotes I added were both by male authors….
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Be strong when you are weak. Be brave when you are scared. .Be humble when you are victorious. Be badass every day.
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I haven’t read this one yet, but just wanted to say that I am so glad you stay up in the middle of the night to write this stuff, because reading your blog in the morning is the perfect way to start my day. Can’t wait to read it!
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Hey thanks Tanja, yep, I love writing between 11am and 1am… it’s when i do my best work
glad you’re enjoying it (=
ReplyFirst they ignore you.. then they make fun of you.. then they fight you.. then you WIN. – Ghandi
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this quote from Mahatma Gandhi, the Great soul on Mother Earth and son of GREAT MOTHER INDIA. GREAT INDIA / BHARAT Jai Hind, Vandhe Matharam
Reply“We’re in hell right now gentlemen. Believe me. And we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell… one inch at a time.”
– Tony D’Amato – Any Given Sunday

damn I shoulda put that one on the list, I love that scene man, classic
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A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of lifespan, in effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child. And I have searched myself for this possibility with a kind of horror. For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment. I did not want to surrender fierceness for a small gain in yardage. ~John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
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Wonderful list, and unlike the other comments I have no need to add any… Thank you!
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“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

damn, that one shoulda been on the list, thanks , Tom
In fact, gonna add it right now
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Awesome thing to read in the morning! Thanks for the post! Really puts your mind back on track
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Chris, this is a great list of quotes. I think of great quotes supplements for the mind.
I love quote 99. and in context from the Journal of Marcus Aurelius ” He (God) remembers that we are but shadows and dust, therefore what we do in this life echoes in eternity.”
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I love the quotes, but you have room for one more! (you skipped #77) One of my personal favorites is “Having a positive attitude won’t solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people along the way to be worth the effort” 🙂
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“Sooner or later your life is going to flash before your eyes – make sure it’s worth watching!” – Gerard Way
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“Worry is NOT preparation.”
“Never underestimate the power of simply doing the right thing.”
– Grandpa Edwards 🙂
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“If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we’re gonna be winners.” – Coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman), Hoosiers 1986
Great Blog!
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Love the Churchill quote!
“Never, never, never, never give up.”
Giving up is always the easiest option, but, it’s also the least rewarding.
Nice quote collection, Chris. Keep putting out the goods.
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Hey Chris!
Great, simply Great!
For your consideration-
100% of all putts short don’t go in! – Dave Marr I think but not certain.
Most things in life fall under the heading of ‘You don’t know, what you don’t know’ – unknown
If you don’t know where you’re going! Any road will take you there! – unknown
Just some I can think of at the moment.
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those are great, so simple, yet so profound, thank you for sharing Michael
Reply“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” -Jack London
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…and #80 sure does give one pause…”“Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.” – Aldous Huxley
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“God’s original plan for us was to hang out in a garden with some naked vegetarians.” Keep up the good work, Chris.
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“You are your own g#d@*n inventory. There’s nothing you have to do,
and nothing you can’t do. Use your inventory and work like hell!” ― General MacKenzie Hawkins,
The Road to Gandolfo

“I wish to have no connection to a ship which does not sail fast; for I intend to go into harm’s way.” – John Paul Jones
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“Nothing without having comes without some kind of fight
You’ve got to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.”
– Lovers in a Dangerous Time, by Barenaked Ladies
“He falls not badly who rises stronger from the fall.”
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing than a hundred people’s ninth-favorite thing.”
– [title of show]
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” – Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones
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those are AWESOME James
Love these man, thanks for sharing
that barenaked ladies one is insane btw
GAME OF THRONES!
ReplyGlad you liked! The BNL one was my first ink…”kick at the darkness” on my right shoulder, “till it bleeds daylight” on my left. XD
AND FUCK YEAH GAME OF THRONES!
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YES… heard that one from that Joel Olsteen dude on TV one day
ReplyLove ’em! Bookmarked for future reference 🙂
I cheated a little bit, but this is something I truly strive to live by. Here’s a quote I first saw on Art of Manliness, run by Brett and Kate McKay:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” – Robert Heinlein
Reply“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

I also love this quote from the Emerald Tablet. “As within, so without. As above, so below.”
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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
~Rabindranath Tagore
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love love love it
never heard of good ol Rabindranath
thanks for sharing
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What do I fear?
I fear stagnation and lack of progress
I fear never reaching my potential and being average
I fear being forgotten…the past… Yesterday’s news
I fear giving up and being passed by
I fear letting those I love down and my self down
I fear settling giving in to the “that’s just the way it is” mindset
I fear dying without leaving my mark
I fear not feeling these fears anymore and just floating along
These fears feed me. They nourish my drive.
I love my fear ..

“It is no measure of mental health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
J.Krishnamurti



Love the Dude, Lebowski is one of the best movies of all time IMO
Reply“Every child has inside him an aching void for excitement and if we don’t fill it with something which is exciting and interesting and good for him, he will fill it with something which is exciting and interesting and which isn’t good for him.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

Man, that dude has so many great quotes, I was just wondering the other day how he came up with so many great words, incredible
Reply“No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
-Socrates
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson
Will: He used to just put a belt, a stick, and a wrench on the kitchen table and say, “Choose.”
Sean: Well, I gotta go with the belt there.
Will: I used to go with the wrench.
Sean: Why?
Will: Cause fuck him, that’ why.
Good Will Hunting

Hey Greg
both those are bad ass quotes
That Good Will Hunting one is one of my favorite parts of the movie, I actually quote that part quite often in regards to my own journey
well done man
Reply“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
-Winston Churchill

“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
― William Ernest Henley, Invictus

You can’t swim to shore with ankers tied to your ass
The past doesnt equal the future
A man is rich who has friends
People look at things that are and say why.. i see things that are not and say why not.
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love em
especially
“You can’t swim to shore with ankers tied to your ass”
classic, thanks Mark
ReplyLove lists like this. And I particularly love the Rocky Balboa quote. I remember the first time I watched him give that speech to his son how it hit me.
In the wake of losing the great actor, James Gandolfini, I’ll leave my comment with a couple of my favorite Tony Soprano quotes:
“There’s an old Italian saying: you f*ck up once, you lose two teeth.”
“Those who want respect, give respect.”
“A wrong decision is better than indecision.”
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Yeah man, dig the sopranos quotes James
thanks for sharing James
( Loved James Gandolfini BTW, he will be so missed )
ReplyThis is an awesome list. I found a lot of inspiration. Some time back I found an anonymous quote and I thought you might like it. “Fighting with your fist you’re strong, Fighting with your mind you’re smart, Fighting with your heart you’re invincible.
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THAT is a great one Matt. thanks for sharing brother, so true
ReplyBrilliant list. Thanks for sharing x
23. Was my fav!
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves and the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.” — Howard Zinn.

that’s one of my favorite ones too Richard
thanks for chiming in brother
ReplyI can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
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Also:
Do or do not, there is no try.
Yoda
One smart whatever the heck he is.
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damn Lars, that’s a great one
never heard it before… love the living shit out of it though
ReplyAlbert Einstein – “I have not failed, I have just found 10000 ways that don’t work.”
Albert Einstein – “You never fail until you stop trying.”
Albert Einstein – “Failing isn’t bad when you learn what not to do.”
Common theme because I feel like I have dealt with it a lot
I don’t get to your blog enough but thank you for what you post…it helps sometimes way more than u know!!

right on Marcus
GREAT quotes
Einstein was a true bad ass, baddest of the bad, what an inspiration he was
be yourself no matter what the world says
keep moving forward
Reply“You were given a body that can stand most anything, it’s your mind you have to convince.”
“what you want to do with ease you must first do with diligence.”
“A wise man does as once what a fool does at last. Both do that same things, only at different times.”
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Some awesome quotes thanks for sharing some inspirational stuff, always appreciated.
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“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t”
– General George S. Patton
Now that’s what I call badass.
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Very nice list, Chris! Thanks for making and posting it for others to benefit from. It includes a lot of my favorite quotes.
I’ve used a few specific quotes quite extensively in my life, especially for a quick reminder to maintain course and to make the right decisions when my mind is screaming poor choices and excuses at me. I’ve come up with a few of my own as well. Here are three of my favorites:
“Don’t accept average habits. Strive for excellence and push the limits.”
“Humble yourself before the sight of GOD, lest GOD humble you before the sight of man.”
“Face the fear you fear to death and the death of fear is sure to come.”
And here are three more of my favorites, all of which I found while reading:
“Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it.” … “What I’m saying is that we should remove the carrot and walk forward with our eyes open!”
– Raistlin Majere (a fictional character created by Margaret Weis)
“All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when far away, that you are to lure him; feign disorder and strike him. When he concentrates, prepare against him; where he is strong, avoid him. Anger his general and confuse him. Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.”
– Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
“People are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want it to be true; or they’re afraid it’s true. Given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe its true, or because they’re afraid it might be true. Peoples’ heads are full of knowledge, facts and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.”
– Zeddicus Zorander (fictional character created by Terry Goodkind)

hey phil, thanks for sharing man, those are some intense ones for sure brother
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Personal favourite
“We are the kids our parents warned us about”

A few more:
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.”
– Khalil Gibran
“Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.”
– Phillips Brooks
“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.”
– Vernon Howard
And my personal favorite:
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.”
– Leonardo da Vinci

” its hard to face a problem, if the problem is your face” -jan lucero
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” Let war be waged in the house of who wants it”- Serbian proverb
“Brother against brother, brothers against the world”-unknown
Great list. Thanks!

Whether you think you can or think you cannot… you`re right -Henry Ford
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While reading all these i thought of something it might not really be much of a quote but….”dont fear anybody becoz from their name anybody , you would know they are not somebody only mediocres trying to be a somebody lyk you”
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Great list.
“Live like you mean, love ’til you feel it, its all that we need in our lives”
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“once friend told me, instead of asking god all sorts of things just move ya ass and do them yourself” ^^
ReplyI aspire to be the kind of person,
that when my feet hit the ground in the morning,
the Devil say’, awe shit, he’s up!!!z
Excellent quotes, I love them & there are many I neaver heard about. For inspirational quotes I also recommend The Reader Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/The.Reader.Page.
ReplyQuote:: “Some people hate me for I am, others for who I am not. Then there are those who hate me for who I can become.”
-Derrick Ryan Alvarez Gerstmann (me)
People don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan. – Winston Churchill
ReplyOnly when you stare from the shadows of the abyss will you find your inner beast; that’s where I found mine. – Jeff Boehler
Reply“I think, therefore I am dangerous.” – V For Vendetta.
Great quotes, man. Love it!!
Thanks for sharing! Have an amazing day.
“It’s by one’s own actions that we clearly define our existence, our reality and ultimately the outcome. Seek truth, build character, find happiness and most of all share and be grateful to those that encouraged you to never give up!”
T. Eastwood
Awesome Collection!!
This is something badass:
“Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Keep knocking me down, I’ll keep getting back up. I guarantee you’ll get tired before I do.”
Shawn Vadis
“There’s no question that the worst enemies are in your head. The only question is whether you’ll put them in their place or they’ll put you in yours.”
-Shawn Vadis
Its not until we lose everything, that we are free to do anything-fight club
ReplyI am me, i can be no one else but me
so if i am not proud of who i am
i will change into a me who i am proud off
“Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying” Probably the best quote that has an impact on my life alongside:
“Take risks. If you win, you will be happy; if you lose you will be wise.”
“It doesn’t matter how much you owe, if you are smart enough, the bank of America will pay it.”― Nena Gonzales
ReplyIn the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless and those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man’s proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. ~ Ayn Rand
ReplyWhy not go out on a limb, isn’t that where the fruit is ?
Don’t find someone you can live with, find someone you can’t live without .
Reply■Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. – Marrianne Williamson
ReplyFrom Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here:
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
It’s never to late to get off the sidelines and back in ‘the fight’. Whatever your fight happens to be.
ReplyOne of my favorite quotes,
The greatest revenge in life is to live well.
Blackie Lawless
“If experience was so important, we’d never have had anyone walk on the moon.”
-Doug Rader
Chris, it’s people like you who silently inspire so many millions that you may never know, and me being one of them, I can only thank you for the blog. If we had just another couple of you in the world, it would be so much of a better place :’)
Reply“Physical death i do not fear, death of conscience is a sure death” – S. Jarnail Singh
ReplyLove every quote and everyones participation!!
Here’s one of my favorites I didnt see:
“Every man dies,
not every man truely lives!”
– William Wallace
(The real braveheart)
The quotes are really splendid……I enjoyed reading them. That’s what we call life in written.
Reply“There’s nothing as badass as being yourself.”
“Don’t feel sorry for yourself.Only assholes do that.”
Reply“The only thing we have to fear is, fear itself.” – F.D.R.
“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” – J.F.K.
“Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up. ” – Jim Valvano
“Failure breeds success.”
Reply“Fairy Tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.” -GK Chesterton
ReplyIf your brain was in a knat’s ass it would rattle around like a BB in a box car.
-Bill Flynn
Sanity is a waste of creativity. For we are all insane in our own way. Some simply express it better. (That one is from me)
Health nuts are going to be so depressed. Sitting in the hospital, dying of nothing. (Not sure)
Some more.
When from the blood of battle the stone has fed. Let the heroes prevail and the blighters lie dead. As one of the blighters, I wording salute you. (Oghren – Dragon Age: Origins)
“It means what you want it to mean,” Hoid said. “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often we forget that” (Hoid – The Way of Kings)
“Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.” (Lirin – The Way of Kings)
“Expectation isn’t just about what people expect of you. It’s about what you expect of yourself.” (Shallan – Words of Radiance)
“To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.” (Not sure – Alloy of Law)
I have a thousand more.
Tell my kids more than once during their sports seasons: Every day’s a tryout.
ReplyTwo of my favorites:
” if you are not actively involved in getting what you want, you don’t really want it!”
” If you keep on doing what you have always done, you will keep on being what you have always been. Nothing changes unless you make it change!!”
Reply“Pain builds character!”
“Practice does NOT make perfect.
Practice makes PERMANENT.
Only PERFECT practice makes perfect.”
“Out of need springs desire, out of desire springs the energy and the will to win” Been in my wallet for over 10 years along with “we are always getting ready to live, but never living”. My personal favorite though was told to me by my Geordie lodger when I was a kid in response to my never ending questions, “que sera sera, whatever will be will be” ~ Cisco
ReplyI’m glad to see a couple of Jimi hendrix quotes in your 100. The rest ain’t bad either. Recently I was impressed with a quote from Michael Jordan: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Reply“Man plans, God laughs.” – Jewish proverb
“What better place than here?; what better time than now?” – Rage Against the Machine
Fantastic list!
ReplyThe darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Dante Alighieri
ReplyHere are some of my favorites:
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. – Howard Thurman
“People with passion can change the world for the better.”
Steve Jobs
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
– Mark Twain
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln
You have to know what you want to get it.
Gertrude Stein
“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
― Edward Abbey
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Martin Luther King, Jr
And then there is Mae West… DEFINATELY Badass!
“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”
Mae West
“I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”
Mae West
Those quotes are great attitude boosters. A meal for the mind. Here’s a couple more:
“Experience is not what you go through but, what you’ve learned after going through it.”
“The test of your character is not based on your achievements but, on what you accomplish after falling way down.”
Excellent Collection of quotes, well done. Here’s one of my favorites: “Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.” This is a quote attributed to General Choi Hong Hi, Founder of ITF Taekwon-Do.
ReplyThis is my all time favorite:
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Becuase they change things, move the human race forward. While some may see them as crazy, we see genius.
Because only those who think that they can change the world are the ones who do”
-Steve Jobs
You had the last line but i think the full quote is so much more powerful.
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
― Maya Angelou
Big Chris, Big Thank You!
Cool quotes from All, Splendid! Keep Mind Hygyene. Keep Energy Xxchange.Keep Silence to fools.
It not so hard to be “white crow” (when you know who you are) , to be a Human in this age of new barbarians, who loose all their morality and soul.
“Noticed, most of all, you can understand when silently glides between people , keep mind free from thoughts and turned into a sponge, absorbing everything aloof.”
Mind evolution ” Berkem Al Atomi.
“…and I realize, just a little, why sometimes I like to feel like dirt. It’s the only thing in this day and age that makes me feel close to the earth.”-Todd Rundgren “Everybody’s Going To Heaven”
Reply“If you love a flower, dont pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.”
“Happiness is like a buttergly. The more you chase it the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
“I`d rather have a life of ‘oh well’ than a life of ‘what ifs’.”
“Expose yourself to your deepest fear. After that you are free.”
“Dont be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
Reply“Risk- You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first” ~Anonymous.
ReplyA man that’s escaped hell rarely talks about it and nothing seems to bother him afterwards
A lion doesn’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep
Find solace in that from every bit of sorrow comes a bit of knowledge
Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet
Shit could be worse
Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless
Come in like the wind and leave like lightning.
ReplyThat first picture of the dude in the vest… BAD ASS. Looks like he’s about to kick the collective ass of the entire neighborhood!
ReplyDraw a circle not a heart around the ones you love, because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever.
Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again? -J. Dean
Its not about what happened in the past or what might happen in the future its about the ride for f***s sake, there’s no point in going through all this bullshit if your not gonna enjoy the ride.
We are all worms, but i my friends am a glow-worm.
-winston churchill
Some friends are like flowers and when they finally bloom, they fade away, sometimes before noon.
Replywhere is “if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball” ? – Rip Torn
ReplyLife is too short and the most you can do with the life you were given is make it yours and Do what makes you happy with no regrets
– David Ostrander
I have Herd there are troubles of more than one kind of some Come from Ahead some come from behind. but I’ve bought a big bat now I’m ready you see now my troubles are going to have troubles with me
-Dr Seuss
“A champion is a man who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
“Perfect practice gives you good technique. Mediocre practice gives you mediocre technique. No practice gives you no technique.” – Kungfu proverb
“One hundred drops of sweat in the dojo to buy back one drop of blood on the battlefield.” – Japanese proverb
“Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate:
‘To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late.
And what better way for man to die, than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the altars of his gods?’ ” -MacCauley
“Fear is the mindkiller.” – Frank Herbert
“I cannot be called a bigot because I harass everyone regardless of race, creed, or color!” – J. Jonah Jameson
ReplyThank you for posting these, some really great quotes.
Here are some of my favs to share in return –
“There’s an old saying, ‘that which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.’ I don’t believe that. I think the things that try to kill you make you angry and sad. Strength comes from the good things – your family, your friends, the satisfaction of hard work. Those are the things that’ll keep you whole. Those are the things to hold on to when you’re broken.” — Jax Teller, Sons of Anarchy
“We’re all flawed heroes. Responsibility is power. Take responsibility for the consequences of your actions, and the world is yours. Everything is a choice.” — Tom Hiddleston
“When you walk up to opportunities door, don’t knock it… kick that b*tch in, smile, and introduce yourself.” — Dwayne Johnson
“Never never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter” — Francis Chan Pawleys Island Posh
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
ReplyAlways chose your friends carefully ; Make sure they are worthy of you.
ReplyActions speak louder than words, and words without actions are meaningless!!
ReplyHope is a light in the dark tunnel of Despair, chase it, grab it, and keep it there. – Me
ReplyDon’t believe a fucking thing you hear and only half of what you see just deal with the shit as it comes!!!!!!!!
Replylearn the rules like a pro,so you can break them like an artist.
picasso
Depend on someone to do it for you and usually they will do it too you.
ReplyBe the type of person that when your feet hit the ground in the morning the devil says “oh shit they’re up”
Dwayne Johnson
“So you life was given to you golden? Well I found my life in the dirt. I gave my heart and soul to polish it and it turned to diamonds.”-Laurin Collins
“Don’t burn the book just because it wasn’t about you.”-Laurin Collins
“You want a piece of me? Well get in line.”- Britany Spears
“Ever thought; Maybe the shoe don’t fit ’cause it just doesn’t want your fucking foot in it? No? Oh, well news flash.”- Laurin Collins
LOVE this!! Thanks for sharing!!
Here’s some of my faves!
“Love is a verb, not a noun. It requires action, intention; In love, there is no ‘being’, only doing”
-E. M. Walsh
“Life is what happens, while you are busy making plans.”
– John Lennon
“If you can’t get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance”.
-George Bernard Shaw
“Throw me to the wolves, and I will return leading the pack”
ReplyA ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd.
Reply“What is the way of the warrior? The way of the warrior is death.”
– 17th Century Japanese Proverb
“Those who talk, Don’t Do.
Those who do, Don’t Talk.”
Anonymous
“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone.
When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.”
Walter Payton
“its not important to get 100% in every work u do. Whats important is to give 100% in every work u do.
ReplyLife is a sandwich of shit ,if u have enough bread than u wont taste the shit to that extend
Reply“Sometimes you’re flush, sometimes you’re bust. When you’re up, it’s never as good as it seems, and when you’re down, you never think you’ll be up again. But life goes on.” – Blow
Reply“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing afriend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.”
– Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Nation
ReplyIt’s better to have regretted something you did, than something you didn’t do. Butthole Surfers
ReplyYou only Live Once.
False
You only die once, You live every day
Unknown
ReplyTo absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due. – Neil Gaiman, Seasons of Mist
For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s part of growing up, I suppose…you always have to leave something behind you. – Neil Gaiman, Seasons of Mist
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. – Neil Gaiman, Caroline
Reply“Life is what happens while your waiting for something exciting to come along, And life happens VERY fast.”
James D. Champion
**This is my personal take-off on John Lennon’s statement that “Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans”
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I find beauty in all things poetic…even in the darkest of words written you can still find spoken light~I.M. Vengeance
ReplyYou can save a hundred lives..and when you walk down the street nobody’s going to say .. Hey there goes Chris the life saver… but suck one cock..
My Dad
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