“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
Quotes for anniversaries and events
Related topics“Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.”
Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay
“Whenever you get there, there is no there there.”
“It's a wonderful life if you can find it.”
Source: Complete Lyrics
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 128
“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting!”
Variant: Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Variant: Life can only be understood going backward, but must be lived going forward.
Speech to the House of Commons (January 29, 1828).
“The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.”
PENN Address (2004)
“Life is short, but the years are long.”
Part of the secret "call and response" codewords by which members of the long-lived Howard Families can identify others:
: Life is short.
But the years are long.
Not while the evil days come not.
Methuselah's Children (1958)
“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”