A quote saves you from all the worries about not being spontaneous on what you are about to say.
A quote is a life-saver. It gives you not only nuggets of wisdom but also sentence fillers in an utterly hopeless public speaking occasion.
Here are the quotes I ticked as my favorites in my Brilliant Quotes phone app and the life situations where I am grateful I have a quote to get by:
1. On worrying about the future (why worry about the future?)
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” -Abraham Lincoln
2. On feeling hopeless (take it from the funny man and seek for rainbows all the time)
“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.” -Charlie Chaplin
3. On cherishing friendship (true friends are rare; it is rare to meet someone exactly like you.)
“A friend is, as it were, a second self.” -Cicero
4. On living the life you want (fabulous piece of inspiration, agree?)
“You live but once; you might as well be amusing.” -Coco Chanel
5. On sleeping to your heart’s content (I have countless sleep debts and I just have to pay them off.)
” I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know.” -Ernest Hemingway
6. On saying what you need to say (say it, will you?)
“It’s better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say again.” -John Mayer
7. On dealing with your problems (sad but true)
” Never tell your problems to anyone…20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them.” -Lou Holtz
8. On handling people who are a pain in the neck (inevitable!)
“There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.” -Margot Asquith
9. On being stunned by life (how true is that!)
“Ever notice how ‘what the hell’ is always the right answer?” – Marilyn Monroe
10. On procrastinating (definitely my favorite)
“Never put off tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” -Mark Twain
11. On appreciating simple joys (this keeps me obligated to give myself a me-time)
“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” -Mark Twain
12. On letting dreams be (the other side of chasing dreams that goes easier for lazy people)
“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they are going and hook up with them later.” -Mitch Hedberg
13. One being selfless (my favorite for mothers’ day)
“We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love.” -Mother Teresa
14. On being committed to someone for a lifetime (the message I gave for my high school best friend’s wedding)
“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.” -Mother Teresa
15. On taking it easy on work (just when I am close to be working hard than normal, this saves my day)
“I’ve heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say, why take the chance?’ -Ronald Reagan
16. On taking a time off (sometimes you just have to forget in order to move forward in life)
“Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I have forgotten this before.” -Steven Wright
17. On heading where the roads lead (trust your feet!)
“I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.” -Voltaire
18. On making every moment count (I always tell myself I don’t have time or don’t have enough, but this quote brings me back to my senses)
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hours a day.” -Zig Ziglar
19. On finding fulfillment in life (cliche but this I say to myself and to others most of the time; overused in my speeches, too)
” Life is a journey, not a destination.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. On loving someone truly (love is a mystery and Coelho made everything about love a perfect sense.)
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” -Pauo Coelho
Quotes speak to us like a preview of what we want to say to ourselves if we only trust our own brand of wisdom, says the poet in me.
I was tempted to write an intellectually sounding anonymous name after this conclusive insight I have about quotes like what a tumblr post I came across with said and it sound like the best way to get people to pay attention to a quote or post is to put an anonymous or famous name after it.
Oh well, as for me, quotes are just amazing day boosters that I could not last a day not having one to talk myself into believing.
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