What's your favorite quote or quotes? (citations required)

[Zoey141]

1. She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen ~Homer.
2. And whether coldness, pride, or virtue, dignify
A woman; so she’s good, what does it signify? ~ Byron. One of my all time favorites!
Citation: Bartleby.

[Mar Watercolor]

"I don't see in my acts any reason of fear, so I judge you must not fear without a reason." (J. Cesar)

[JM Asebuque]

"Life is a continuous trade-off. For every privilege you enjoy, you have to give up another."

-William B. Girao; I Don't Want To Feel This Way (Book)

[Gladys Latorre]

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

-- 26 Apr 2017, 02:33 --

As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

— John Green, The Fault In Our Stars

[Manang Muyang]

Although there is no grain left, and the grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced, yet from now on I will bless you.

-Haggai 2:19 from the Good News Bible Today's English Version

This verse embodies God's promise to me that whatever the circumstances I am in, however hopeless they may be, He will see me through.

[Redcraze]

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire

[Gravy]

"Because hope is a knife that can cut through the foundations of the world,” said Sumi. Her voice was suddenly crystalline and clear, with none of her prior whimsy. She looked at Nancy with calm, steady eyes. “Hope hurts. That’s what you need to learn, and fast, if you don’t want it to cut you open from the inside out. Hope is bad. Hope means you keep on holding to things that won’t ever be so again, and so you bleed an inch at a time until there’s nothing left.”

Seanan McGuire ~ Every Heart a Doorway
Grim, but accurate in many ways.

But here's a counter quote:

What do you think fairy tales are? They are a reminder that our lives will get better if we just hold on to hope.

Once Upon A Time.

[Fran]

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire

[Emilyflint]

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise

- The Beatles, Paul McCartney, The White Album

[Jennifer Santos]

"You met me at a very strange time in my life."- Marla Singer, The Fight Club (Movie)

"You are beautiful because you are fearfully and wonderfully made."-Psalm 139:14, The Holy Bible

"Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway." -Prince Maxon Schreave, The One by Kiera Cass

[patrickt]

My favorites keep changing. I've just been reading Raymond Chandler and two quotes that stick with me are, "A dead body his heavier than a broken heart," and "He was lighter than a butcher's thumb."

[Storygamer88]

I dont know if I have a favorite, but I've always liked Dumbledore's "do what is right, not what is easy". Its so simple yet true.

[Shirumungai]

"Today is a gift that is why it is called present"
Quoted by Uruguay in Kung Fu Panda 1
"It doesn't matter whether you walk, run or crawl as long as you are moving forward"
Winston Churchill, during a conference London

[LadyLynn]

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

I live by this quote.

[Anirudh Badri]

Faber est suae quisque fortunae

The quote is by Appius Claudius Caecus and translates as "every man is the artisan of his own fortune". I love it and think it was a really powerful idea from a man in an age far more steeped in superstition.