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Welcome to these Intolerably Quotes of the Day from my large collection of positive, romantic, and funny quotes.
I have tried lately to read Shakespeare,
and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
- Charles Darwin
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The only thing that makes life possible
is permanent, intolerable uncertainty;
not knowing what comes next.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Majority rule only works if you're also
considering individual rights,
because you can't have five wolves and one sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
- Larry Flynt
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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two or three human stories,
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Nothing in life is to be feared.
It is only to be understood.
- Marie Curie
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only
grow if you are willing to feel awkward and
uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy
We have only this moment,
sparkling like a star in our hand -
and melting like a snowflake.
- Marie B. Ray
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
The essence of all religions is one.
Only their approaches are different.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
Life only
appears to be
rushing toward us
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Friendship is born at that moment
when one person says to another,
"What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
- C. S. Lewis
One can not reflect in streaming water.
Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Life is an adventure.
I can only wonder what treasure
awaits at the top of the path.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
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Failure is only the opportunity to
begin again more intelligently.
- Henry Ford
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
After climbing a great hill,
one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
- Nelson Mandela
I cannot teach anybody anything.
I can only make them think.
- Socrates
Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing.
- Vince Lombardi
You can conquer almost any fear
if you will only make up your mind to do so.
For remember, fear doesn't exist
anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie
To accomplish great things,
we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe.
- Anatole France
There is no security on this Earth,
there is only opportunity.
- Douglas MacArthur
People generally complain about only two things:
when they have less than yesterday,
and when they have less than their neighbor.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In this life we cannot do great things.
We can only do small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa
Only aim to do your duty,
and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
- Thomas Jefferson
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry Kaiser
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit
which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
- Henry David Thoreau
A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
A dream you dream together becomes reality.
- John Lennon
Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Only when life is difficult,
are we challenged to become our greatest selves.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
Yesterday is a canceled check;
tomorrow is a
promissory note;
today is the only cash you have;
so spend it wisely.
- Kay Lyons
For time and the world do not stand still.
Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past or the present
are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy
An idea that is developed and put into action
is more important than
an idea that exists only as an idea.
- The Buddha
The only roadblock to success is limited thinking.
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Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
You have only to persevere to save yourselves.
- Winston Churchill
Intellectual growth should commence at birth
and cease only at death.
- Albert Einstein
The only place where your dream becomes impossible
is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying
about things which are beyond the power of our will.
- Epictetus
Do not attempt to conquer the world with force,
for force only causes resistance.
- Lao Tzu
Only one who devotes himself to a cause
with his whole strength and soul
can be a true master.
For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
- Albert Einstein
Improve what you can
and accept all the rest of life
just as it comes.
Know that fear is your worst enemy -
perhaps your only enemy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you argue with reality,
you lose - but only always.
- Byron Katie
Only put off until tomorrow
what you are willing to die having left undone.
- Pablo Picasso
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experiences of trial and suffering
can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
- Helen Keller
You remember lesson about balance?
Lesson not just karate only. Lesson for whole life.
Whole life have a balance. Everything be better. Understand?
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
You have to accept whatever comes
and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage
and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
I must dedicate my life to teaching my people,
for only education would make their lot less bitter,
their latent power more strong.
- Jimmy Yen
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal,
and then leap in the dark to our success.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past or the present
are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy
Truth is not only violated by falsehood;
it may be equally outraged by silence.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Books can only reveal us to ourselves,
and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.
- Henry David Thoreau
You don't get to choose how you're going to die,
only how you're going to live.
- Joan Baez
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
- Anais Nin
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys
the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist,
and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
- Albert Schweitzer
You only live once -
but if you work it right, once is enough.
- Joe E. Lewis
Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."
Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary.
Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
- The Buddha
We really have to understand the person we want to love.
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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