Popular quotes (page 88) | Quotes of famous people

“A healthy person goes "Yes," "No," and "Whoopee!" An unhealthy person goes "Yes, but," "No, but," and "No whoopee."”

Eric Berne (1910–1970) Canadian psychiatrist

Quoted in They Shoot Managers, Don't They? http://books.google.com/books?id=iXkq-lFFJpcC&lpg=PP1&dq=They%20shoot%20managers%2C%20don't%20they&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false by Terry L. Paulson, pg. 3

Personality

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

Rainer Maria Rilke book Letters to a Young Poet

Source: Letters to a Young Poet

Love , Beauty , Courage , Waiting

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)
Variant: The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Deep , Courageous , Wise , Powerful

“The art of war is of vital importance to the State.”

Sun Tzu book The Art of War

The Art of War, Chapter I · Detail Assessment and Planning
Context: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

War , Art

“It’s fun to be hopelessly in love. It’s dangerous, but it’s fun.”

Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician

Love , Making love

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”

Virginia Woolf book A Room of One's Own

Variant: There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
Source: A Room of One's Own (1929), Ch. 4, p. 90

For women , Freedom

“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”

Virginia Woolf book Orlando: A Biography

Source: Orlando: A Biography (1928), Ch. 6

Thinking

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Variant: Always forgive your enemies — nothing annoys them so much.

Deep , Heart Touching , Forgiveness , Funny

“This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.”

Malala Yousafzai (1997) Pakistani children's education activist

UN speech, June 2013
Context: Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This the legacy of change I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.

Love , Peace , Soul

“Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet.”

Lionel Messi (1987) Argentine association football player

“Give me your body and let me love you like I do
Come a little closer and let me do those things to you
This feeling will last forever, baby, that's the truth
Let me be your man so I can love you”

Zayn Malik (1993) British singer

Let Me for his partner on young people not knowing what to come in the future if it is too faraway into the future
Song lyrics

Love , Truth , Feeling , Baby

“Isn't it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist?”

Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member

As quoted in O<sub>2</sub> : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, p. 223; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote.
Disputed
Context: Isn't it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist? Lately I've noticed something grand and mysterious peering into my sheer joy in all that is lovely — the sense of a Creator whom innocent creation worships with its beauty. Only man can be hateful or ugly, because he possesses a free will to cut himself off from the chorus of praise. It often seems that he will succeed in drowning out this chorus with his cannon thunder, curses, and blasphemy. But it has become clear to me this spring that he cannot. And so I must try to throw myself on the side of the victor.

Beauty