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.