The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what it is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. (Henry Ford)
Unfortunately, Henry Ford’s destiny was to republish The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and distribute it throughout the world in a dozen languages.
Okay, how about this one?
Much of the world’s work, it has been said, is done by men who don’t feel quite well. Marx is a case in point. (John Kenneth Galbraith)
“The secret to life is
enjoying the passage of time,
There ain’t nothing to it,
any fool can do it !”
James TaylorThought for the Day:
“Spike’s a good dog!”
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time, plans like these have come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines.
– Roger Waters
A man said to the universe:
‘Sir, I exist!’
‘However,’ replied the universe,
‘The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.’
–Stephen Crane
“Never play cards with a man named Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. And finally, whatever you do, never ever lie down with a woman who has more troubles than you do.” – Nelson Algren
Wish I knew the exact wording – every site I Googled gives a slightly different version.
“Swallow all your tears, my love, and put on your new face. You can never win or lose, if you don’t run the race.”
Love My Way, Psychedelic Furs
I have no idea if the second line was borrowed or original, but I like it.
Money doesn’t necessarily make you happy, but lack of money always makes you sad.
“If you wait until the last minute to do something, it only takes a minute to do.”
- Unknown (I heard it first and only from a guy I went to high school with, said while we were in the process of majorly procrastinating on a big project).
“Fuck that.” - Silver Fire
You’re really famous at my house,** Silver**.
My friends and I quote Silver Fire all of the time. Such a classic!
“And there are those who
have little and give it all.
These are the believers in life
and the bounty of life,
and their coffer is never empty.
There are those who
give with joy,
and that joy
is their reward.
And there are those who
give with pain,
and that pain
is their baptism.
And there are those who
give and know
not pain in their giving,
nor do they seek joy,
nor give
mindfulness of virtue;
they give as in yonder valley
the myrtle breathes
its fragrance into space.
Through the hands
of such as these
God speaks,
and from behind their eyes
he smiles upon the earth.”
Kahil Gibran
“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.” –Jack Handey
“Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life.
Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.”
Cullen Hightower
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning. — Catherine Aird
“Easy to bitch, easy to whine, easy to moan, easy to cry,
Easy to feel like there ain’t nothin’ in your life
Harder to work, harder to strive, hard to be glad to be alive,
But it’s really worth it, if you give it a try”
~Cowboy Mouth, Easy
Life generally boils itself down to three things, what you think happened, what others think happened, and what really happened, when all three of these meet, right there you will find the secret of life
-Buttonjockey