Quotes

"We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Charles Kingsley

"To raise someone's expectations then not fulfill them is worse than mediocrity." - Seth Godin

"Leave the house before you find something worth staying in for." - Banksy

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Dr. Seuss Quote

''I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.'' - Dr. Seuss

Quote # 5

In lieu of a quote, I am post 4 maxims by a Poet named Changming Yuan. I read them in a London bookstore. I liked them enough to copy them down to share with you all.

1) The meaning of life, if any at all, is to create a meaning for life.

2) A house for sale is never a home, while a heart unoccupied is a hotel for rent.

3) He is happy who is not afraid to be rich, sexual, famous and powerful.

4) The mask is the only garment that will never go out of fashion.

Quote # 4

"Although the young person has never been old, the old person once was young. When you look up the age ladder, you look at strangers; when you look down the age ladder, you are always looking at versions of yourself. As an adult, those fantastic younger incarnations can seem either long left behind or all too continuous with who you are now." - Mark Grief, "Children of the Revolution" November 2006 Harpers

I find this quote very interesting. It's difficult for me to think of an older person any differently than how I've always known them. I don't see the 25 year old that smoked, drank and partied too much in the successful 50 year old business person. Likewise, it's interesting to look at the 50 year old loser and wonder what they did (or didn't do) earlier in their life.

This quote reminded me how my experiences right now will affect me for years to come

Quote # 3

"We must never cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time" – T.S. Eliot

Quote # 2

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” - George Bernard Shaw

Quote # 1

I'm a big fan of quotes. After all, "The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations." - Benjamin Disraeli

I have a large collection that I've picked up over the past few years. Starting today, I will post one quote a week...who knows, maybe you may like them as well.

"The object of life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, 'Holy Shit, What a Ride!!!'' — Mavis Leyrer