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Monday, Quotes, Words

Monday Madness

  • ‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the cat. ‘We’re all mad here.’ ~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
  • “If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.” ~ Lord Byron
  • “Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.” ~ George Jean Nathan
  • “You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.” ~ Adlai Stevenson

  • “Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you’re younger but now I just think ‘well everybody’s absolutely mad and I’m doing quite well’.” ~ Steven Morrissey

  • “You can’t stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.” ~Jay Leno
  • “Don’t be afraid to make people mad. Your honesty will inspire your true followers.” ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour, Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
  •  “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” ~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road
    Charles Bukowski

Favorites, Inspirational, Quotes, Social Media, Words

Favorite Quotes From Pinterest

  1. Feelings are much like waves.  We can’t stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf.
  2. “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”  John Burrough
  3. “I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health.”  Voltaire
  4. There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough.
  5. You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.
  6. If your dreams don’t scare you they’re not big enough.
  7. “You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.”  CS Lewis
  8. Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.
  9. There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.  Pursue those.
  10. “Be silly.  Be honest.  Be kind.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  11. Being powerful is like being a lady.  If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
  12. Have less.  Do more.  Be more.
  13. “There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”  Nelson Mandela
  14. Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.
  15. “When you stop doing things for fun, you might as well be dead.”  Hemingway
  16. Work like a Captain.  Play like a Pirate.
  17. In order to lead a fascinating life– one brimming with art, music, intrigue and romance– you must surround yourself with precisely those things.
  18. Strong is what happens when you run out of weak.

Books, Favorites, Holidays, Quotes

In Recognition of the Ides of March, Some of My Favorite Shakespeare Quotes

  1. “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.  He thinks too much.  Such men are dangerous.”
  2. “This above all: to thine own self be true.”
  3. “I am not bound to please thee with my answer.”
  4. “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
  5. “Cowards die many times before their deaths.”
  6. “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
  7. “Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”