“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”
Variant: I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”
Variant: I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
“If you go through life without connecting to people, how much could you call that a life?”
Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/que-paso-en-chile-por-jose-baroja/
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
Attributed on the internet but not found in print prior to an attribution in Aero Digest, Vols. 58–59, 1949, p. 115 https://books.google.com/books?id=q2ofAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Life+is+simple%22+but+we+insist+on+making+it+complicated&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Life+is+simple%22+
Misattributed, Not Chinese
From song The Show Must Go On.
Despite the fact that Freddie Mercury is dying, Brian May acknowledges Freddie’s bravery and perseverance, as he is continuing to produce music despite his illness. Mercury recorded this song the year prior to his death. He was barely walking, but continued to show dedication to his music.
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
“You can achieve anything in life. It just depends on how desperate you are to achieve it.”
The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
“The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway!”
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.”
Variant: Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.