“I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.”
-Jane Austen
“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?”
-Jane Austen
“Everybody likes to go their own way–to choose their own time and manner of devotion.”
-Jane Austen
“He attacked everything in life with a mix of extrordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.”
-Douglas Adams
“He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.”
-Douglas Adams
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
-Douglas Adams
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
-Douglas Adams
“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.”
-J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
-J. K. Rowling
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
-J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.”
-J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”
-J. K. Rowling
“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
-J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.”
-J. K. Rowling
“Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.”
-J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
“Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.”
-Lao-tzu
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
-Lao-tzu
“He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.”
-Lao-tzu
“He who knows others is wise;
He who know himself is enlightened.”
-Lao-tzu
“He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.”
-Lao-tzu
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”
-Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.”
-Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
-Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it’s open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.”
-Dave Barry
“I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me.”
-Dave Barry
“Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.”
-Dave Barry
“It’s a job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
“Little by little, one travels far.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
“The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
“Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.”
-Ronald Reagan
“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”
-Ronald Reagan
“Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.”
-Ronald Reagan
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”
-Ronald Reagan
“Facts are stupid things.”
-Ronald Reagan
“Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.”
-Ronald Reagan
“People don’t start wars, governments do.”
-Ronald Reagan
“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
-Aesop
“In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.”
-Aesop
“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”
-Aesop
“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
-Aesop
“It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.”
-Aesop
“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
-Aesop