Martin Svoboda favourite quotes (page 24)

“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.”

Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) American poet

"Opposites" (1973)
Source: Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences

“I'm actually pretty athletic. I have to work out just to look fat.”

Will Ferrell (1967) American actor, writer, and comedian

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6461604
Jared Jordan
Attributed

“If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.”

Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist

Changing My Mind, Among Others (1982)

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist

This has become attributed to both Walt Whitman and Helen Keller, but has not been found in either of their published works, and variations of the quote are listed as a proverb commonly used in both the US and Canada in A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992), edited by Wolfgang Mieder, Kelsie B. Harder and Stewart A. Kingsbury.
Misattributed

“Without privacy there was no point in being an individual.”

Jonathan Franzen book The Corrections

Source: The Corrections

“When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.”

Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator

Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”

Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright

Life Force (1992) Source: [Kakutani, Michiko, 1992-02-07, Books of The Times; Fallout From a Multitude of Liaisons, https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/books/books-of-the-times-fallout-from-a-multitude-of-liaisons.html, New York Times, 2020-02-12]

“Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them.”

Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 239
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Variant: The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.
Source: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

“A Race without the knowledge of its history is like a tree without roots.”

Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur

Though often attributed to Garvey, this statement first appears in Charles Siefert's 1938 pamphlet, The Negro's or Ethiopian's Contribution to Art.
Misattributed