I have been tagged by Enreal to share my favourite quotes…

Now this post was a problem for me because I quite literally have so many. Please don’t be surprised where they come from and apologies for putting up so many… this is my shortened list 🙂

Some of them are serious, some of them may be funny, they all have meaning to me but of course abstractly

The Quotes:

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. – Dr. Seuss

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly –Proverb

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me! – Dr. Seuss

Minds are like parachutes; they only function when they are open. – Thomas Robert Dewar

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known. – Winnie the Pooh

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. – Epictetus

When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish. – Winnie the Pooh

There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. – Erma Bombeck

You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. – Winnie the Pooh

Reason to smile: Every seven minutes of every day someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.  Author Unknown

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it’s all the same day – Janis Joplin

I am not afraid…I was born to do this – Joan of Arc

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. – Dr. Seuss

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. – Helen Keller

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama

Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff! – Dr. Seuss

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. – Mark Twain

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. – Gandhi

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. – Mother Teresa

I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. – Author Unknown

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – George Bernard Shaw

The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time. – Joe Girard

Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. – Plato

Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine. – Joan Collins

Simply because nobody disagrees with you doesn’t mean you’re brilliant – maybe you’re the boss.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. – Samuel Johnson

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell

And finally, for all of my friends this one is for you…

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart.. I’ll always be with you.
— Winnie the Pooh

Who’s tagged… You of course!