Fav quotes

‘We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.’ Oscar Wilde

For any Welsh speakers "Araf deg a mesul dipyn mae stwffio bys i dun gwybedyn" - felly - byth.

agree

The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
Omar Khayyam

'when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time'
Maya Angelou

James Crabtree ‘ You are what you believe yourself to be “

Life is a jest, and all things show it;
I thought so once, and now I know it.

John Gay's epitaph.

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

Winston Churchill.

Lord, what fools these mortals be! (Puck)

A favourite quote of mine.

So many gems. A few I think I will put on post it notes on the fridge to either inspire me or make me chuckle.

'sitting in a Church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than sitting in a garage makes you a car'

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt.

The world is not divided by race, colour, gender, or religion. The world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, colour, gender, or religion.

Mohamad Safa

I remember this from school, I was in Julian house!
All shall be well, all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well. Mother Julian of Norwich.

JackyB

Any of Dorothy Parker's.

Oh yes. 'What fresh hell is this?' is a favourite of mine.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning.

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark".

Any of Dorothy Parker's.

On the subject of being a celebrity:-

"There is only one thing worse than being talked about. Not being talked about."

Oscar Wilde
Long before his notorious trial.

Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted - learned from my father in law, and so true.

From a voluntarily single friend "marriage is like one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin"

"What goes around comes around"

Benevolence would, omnipotence could have found another way. Epicurus of a Devine Being

I haven't googled this, but it means a great deal to me and I've remembered it. It was Nelson Mandela's quote about education being the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. I've probably got it slightly wrong but I believe the context of it is a very powerful message

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans ~ John Lennon