Sunday, April 5, 2009

quotes

i have been terrible at updating this blog as of late. but i suppose there has been no big news to report. still unemployed, still enjoying it, still looking for work, still dating my best friend (happy temo honey!), still staying up too late and not sleeping enough, and still looking forward.

oh. i did get a new fish. i took a nap one day and woke up to a fish on the table (thanks J). his name is Jemaine, like from flight of the conchords. OH. and my best friend from high school got married. it was a pretty unusual ordeal, but beautiful and great at the same time.

anyway.

i am a sucker for quotes. a few of my favorites are:

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. - Gandhi

"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway. Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway." - Mother Theresa

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” - Dr. Seuss

and of course, two from Morrie Schwartz:

Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. You notice there’s nothing in there about a salary.


Mitch, if you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you’re trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.



but tonight I watched Milk. And towards the end of the movie, he says, "
The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it"

and i pretty much fell over (even though I was sitting down). it was a great amazing quote, one to live by.

did i mention i love quotes? and Milk was a pretty interesting movie. very well done, and it makes me wonder if the writers/producers knew how close it would be to the election where our state would vote for or against gay marriage. eerie.

7 comments:

ambersun said...

Hi from Australia

I love quotes too!

The people are illogical etc one is one of my favourite quotes ever.

Here is one of my favourites, just for you.

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

By Leo Buscaglia

Hope you like the quote.

Amber

Nigel said...

Those quotes are awesome. Especially the one from Milk. Which I haven't seen. That's one of the problems I have with being unemployed/broke, not being able to see movies.

How's everything out there? Tell everyone I say hi.

KP said...

you should definitely see it. rent it from blockbuster or find a online version for free (hulu? or something like allusee or something)

it's good.

Anonymous said...

Great quotes from Asshole:

"I'm half Irish and half French. The Irish like to fight. The French like to f***. I do both well."

"Phaquawee???"

"I'm teaching the world to touch."

Nicole said...

Hey Kristen! Thanks for the comment. How is the job search going? Hope you are doing well!

Unknown said...

Oh... I can't wait until I post my 101 quotes that make me happy/inspire me from my 101 in 1001 list.

I am up to 74 thanks to stealing two of yours...

We should hang out some time. Lets get in touch.

Anonymous said...

great quotes!
have a wonderful Easter!!

love, Alexis