Popular quotes (page 78) | Quotes of famous people

“Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

Variant: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Thinking

“I only came here to give.
If you come to doubt, I'll give you every reason to doubt. If you come suspicious, I'll give you every reason to be suspicious. But if you come seeking Love, I'll show you more love than you've ever known.”

Mahavatar Babaji Hindu Yogi

Haidakhan Babaji, as quoted in "The legend of Herakhan Baba", by Dio Urmilla Neff in Yoga Journal, No. 32 (May-June 1980), p. 53; Haidakhan Babaji's claims to be Mahavatar Babaji/Hariakhan Baba are disputed by the Self-Realization Fellowship founded by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Disputed

Love

“Adversities often bring good qualities to the front.”

Ali book Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha

“Books should be closed each year, especially in partnership because frequent accounting makes for long friendship.”

Luca Pacioli book Summa de arithmetica

Summa de arithmetica, geometria. Proportioni et proportionalita (Venice 1494)

Friendship , Books , Partnership

“If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.”

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) prominent American realist painter and printmaker

Painting

“I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right away.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

All Gall Is Divided (1952)

Idea , Suicide

“I think I'm dumb
or maybe just happy
think I'm just happy…”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

Variant: I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy.

Thinking , Happiness

“Every free thing has an invisible cost attached to it.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.”

Christine de Pizan (1365–1430) Italian French late medieval author

Women , Men , Understanding

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter

Flowers

“Everybody said, "Follow your heart". I did, it got broken”

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer

Heartbreaking , Heart

“I prefer to stay alive and be criticized than be sympathized.”

Golda Meir (1898–1978) former prime minister of Israel

Fallaci interview (1973)

“I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. ”

Jules Renard (1864–1910) French author (1864-1910)

God

“I cry a lot-I don't know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful”

Amy Lee (1981) American singer-songwriter and pianist

Sadness , Beauty , Help , Cry

“I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Fools

“Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think.”

John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian

Sermon 37 "The Nature of Enthusiasm"
Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
Context: Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast. Do not imagine that God has called you (just contrary to the spirit of Him you style your Master) to destroy men’s lives, and not to save them. Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way never compel to come in by any other means than reason, truth, and love.

Men , God , Dreams , Way