Quote of the Day

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." — Dr. Seuss
Widely attributed to Dr. Seuss (Real name of Theodor Seuss Geisel). Add Category or Author

"Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly." — Robert Frost
Robert Frost Society, Volumes 1991-1993 (page 143) Although often attributed to Mark Twain or "love doctor" Leo Buscaglia, this quote actually spoken by Robert Frost to Sidney Cox, on a walk in 1911. Add Category or Author

"We need to be the change we wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi
As quoted in "Arun Gandhi Shares the Mahatma's Message" Vol. XXVII, No. 13 (1 February 2002) p. A34 There is some argument that Gandhi never said this, however, some members of his family maintain that he did. Add Category or Author

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attributed to Emerson in Promotion of Pharmaceuticals : Issues, Trends, Options (1993) pg 74, and also Thoreau elsewhere, but no instance of the quote can be found before 1990, so the authorship of the quote is disputed. Add Category or Author

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out." — Roy Croft
The poem this is attributed to, by Roy Croft, is nearly identical to a German-language poem by Eric Fried titled "Ich liebe dich" ("I Love You"). Little is known about either poem, so it is difficult to say if Croft actually wrote this poem or if he translated Fried's poem and ended up with the credit. Often the quote is attributed to "Anonymous" or Elizabeth Browning, as well. Add Category or Author

"A friend is someone you can do nothing with, and enjoy it." — The Optimist
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"Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be." — Robert Browning
Dramatis Personae "Rabbi Ben Ezra" (1864) This poem was written about 12th century Abraham ibn Ezra, a sort of "Renaissance man" before there was a Renaissance. The poem is an explanation of the ideas Ezra espoused in his life. Add Category or Author

"I cannot believe that God would choose to play dice with the universe." — Albert Einstein
The Born-Einstein Letters (1971) The direct quote is "I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice," but Einstein often used variations of this quote and indeed spoke it differently to different parties. Add Category or Author

"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings." — Henry David Thoreau
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) This famous American author spent two years living in the wilderness at Walden Pond, where he penned some of his most-remembered works. This quote was written in memory of a trip he took with his brother John, who died of tetanus in 1842. The quote continues, "It is an intelligence above language. One imagines endless conversations with his Friend, in which the tongue shall be loosed, and thoughts be spoken without hesitance or end..." Add Category or Author

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, First Series (1841), essay titled "Friendship." Add Category or Author

"Your wealth is where your friends are." — Author Unknown
Often attributed to Titus Maccius Plautus. Add Category or Author

"Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim
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"Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it." — Charles Swindoll
Strengthening Your Grip - October 15, 1998 (Hardcover) Add Category or Author

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." — Dolly Parton
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"You don't just stumble into the future. You create your own future." — Roger Smith
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"If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster." — Stephen R. Covey
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"Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last." — Publilius Syrus
Syrus's Sententiae. Taken from an alphabetic book of maxims, the above quote is maxim 633 in Syrus's list. Add Category or Author

"We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else for us to find." — Author Unknown
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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." — Reinhold Niebuhr
The Serenity Prayer (c. 1942) Though earlier variants may have existed, Niebuhr was the first to state this so succinctly, and also the first to copyright it. Since then, it has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step groups. Add Category or Author

"It is only those who never do anything who never make mistakes." — A. Favre
Recherches Geologiques volume 3, (1867) pg. 76 Add Category or Author

"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Terre des Homme ["Wind, Sand, and Stars" in English] (1939) Add Category or Author