A Few of My Favorite Quotes

I love quotes that inspire me or make me laugh.  My daughter keeps a quotation journal with a list of all of her favorite quotes and adds to it whenever she finds a new one.  I think that is a beautiful idea and it is one I keep meaning to adopt.

So many awesome quotes are too long for Twitter!  I have attempted to make some of my very favorite quotes “tweetable” by truncating them a little, but I am also including the full quote here so that you can enjoy its full impact and maybe start your own quotation journal.

A quotation journal can be any journal that inspires you and in which you enjoy writing your quotes.  I have linked to a few on Amazon and, as a disclaimer, they are my affiliate links, so if you decide to make a purchase, I will get a small commission, but there is no additional cost to you.

Now, on to the quotes!

Tweetable Quotes:

1. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. – GoetheWhatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -… Click To Tweet
2. Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. – Albert CamusNobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. - Albert Camus… Click To Tweet
3. You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by – J.M. BarrieYou must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are… Click To Tweet
4. What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea.
   – Mahatma GhandiWhat do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea. - Ghandi #quote Click To Tweet
5. The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of any thing, it is very likely to be my good behavior.- Henry David Thoreau, Walden...if I repent of any thing, it is very likely to be my good behavior. -Thoreau #quote Click To Tweet
6. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
   – Mark TwainClothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain #quote Click To Tweet
7. Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way. – KabirDon't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart,… Click To Tweet
8. If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.- Henry David Thoreau, WaldenIf one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams... Thoreau #quote Click To Tweet
9. Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away. – GoetheKnow thyself? If I knew myself I would run away. - Goethe #quote Click To Tweet
10. Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.- Sir Winston ChurchillNever give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or… Click To Tweet
11. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.- Eleanor RooseveltYou gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look… Click To Tweet
12. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple-tree or oak. Shall he turn his spring into summer? If the condition of things which we were made for is not yet, what were any reality which we can substitute? We will not be shipwrecked on a vain reality.
    – Walden, Henry David ThoreauIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different… Click To Tweet
13. Dragline: Nothin’. A handful of nothin’. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin’. Just like today when he kept comin’ back at me – with nothin’.
    Luke: Yeah, well, sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.
    – Movie, “Cool Hand Luke”Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand - Cool Hand Luke #quote Click To Tweet
14. “Midway in the journey of our life
    I found myself in a dark wood,
    for the straight way was lost.”- Dante, Inferno (The Divine Comedy)Midway in the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wood, for the straight way was lost.… Click To Tweet

Conclusion

Start your own quote journal today.  It can be inspirational, funny, or… just plain strange…