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Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
“There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
Attributed
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
Ch. IX : Outdoors and Indoors, p. 336; the final statement "quoted by Squire Bill Widener" as well as variants of it, are often misattributed to Roosevelt himself.
Variant: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Attributed to Roosevelt in Conquering an Enemy Called Average (1996) by John L. Mason, Nugget # 8 : The Only Place to Start is Where You Are. <!-- The Military Quotation Book, Revised and Expanded: More than 1,200 of the Best Quotations About War, Leadership, Courage, Victory, and Defeat (2002) by James Charlton -->
Variant: Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.
Context: There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone; but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching. And as for a life deliberately devoted to pleasure as an end — why, the greatest happiness is the happiness that comes as a by-product of striving to do what must be done, even though sorrow is met in the doing. There is a bit of homely philosophy, quoted by Squire Bill Widener, of Widener's Valley, Virginia, which sums up one's duty in life: "Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are."
“How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.”
Marian Keyes (1963) Irish writer
Source: The Other Side of the Story
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers (2001)
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. ”
Alice Morse Earle (1851–1911) American historian
“Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LXVI
Following the Equator (1897)
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright
“If it's not important for you, then it's not important for me.”
Lucky Gupta (1998) Internet celebrity
2021
“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”
Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster
Misquoted in Forbes (6 October 1986), actually attributed to humorist Professor Irwin Corey (1953) http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/11/03/kind-gun/ <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Variant: You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
Victor Hugo book Things Seen
Often attributed to Churchill, this thought was originally expressed by the French author Victor Hugo in Villemain (1845), as follows: You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do not bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.
Villemain is a brief segment taken from Hugo’s Choses Vues (Things Seen), a running journal Hugo kept of events he witnessed. The original French versions of these journals were published after Hugo's death.
Misattributed
“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
As quoted in "The Science of Second-Guessing", The New York Times (12 December 2004)
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
“Do not take life too seriously – you will never get out of it alive.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (1911), p. 74
“Just because you’re offended, doesn’t mean you’re right.”
Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter