TEACHING

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

A man is known by the company he keeps. 

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

As for me, all I know is (that) I know nothing.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

Be/Become who/what you are. * Be yourself  

Be patient. The lessons you learn today will benefit you tomorrow.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.

By all means use some time to be alone.
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. 

By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
Come to think of it, I play kind / sort of like a robot, very mechanical. It's kinda / sorta boring. 

Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular? 

Do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.

Do what you love and do it often. 

Don't ask what your country can do for you. Ask instead what you can do for your country.

Don't ignore the love you do have in your life by focusing on the love you don't.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.

Everything changes but change.

Fans, especially ours, demand championships.That's what we're striving for. 

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I'm mostly pretty quiet on the weekends. I either read or visit friends or go hiking or something like that.

If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

If you love life, don't waste time for time is what life is made up of. 

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. * We learn from failure, not from success.

In order for there to be a democratic society, it is necessary to support and defend human rights.

It goes without saying that children should not be given knives to play with.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

It's better to be hated for what you are than (to be) loved for what/someone you're not.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Nietzsche

Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing. * Life is too short to worry about love handles

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. 

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. M. Gandhi

Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. E. Kant

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

Living is no laughing matter, I mean, living must be your whole occupation

Maybe it's not about the happy ending. Maybe it's about the story.

Remaind yourself that it's OK not to be perfect.

Saving people is what matters to me, and that's what should matter to you, as well.
Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. 

The more you know who you are and what you want the less you let things upset you.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

 

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones

There's always been a struggle between good and evil.

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. 

Trust is like an eraser. It gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.

Your beliefs don't make you a better person. Your behaviour does.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. 

What doesn't kill you (only) makes you stronger. I really believe that.

When I say I love you I actually do. I don't say it just to make conversation.

When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state. (Lennin)


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I’d rather annoy with the truth than please with adulation.

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.

I'd rather be happy than right. * I'd rather be respected than loved. * I'd rather be dead than dying. * I'd rather be lucky than good. 

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all 

I'd rather work than not. 

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something. 
 
I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

I'd rather you hurt me with the truth, than mislead me with a lie.
I'm anything but confident.

I'm mostly pretty quiet on the weekends. I either read or visit friends or go hiking or something like that.

I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs. 

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?
 
I can't play video games because I get too nervous. It just / sort of stresses me out.

I can resist everything but temptation.

I don't get stressed out.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

I stress out a lot. Being a perfectionist doesn't help with that! 

I don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.

I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in.

I find it hard to get along with my mother-in-law.

I find it hard to relax. I live in New York.

I find it hard to say no to people. 

I find it hard not to disagree with everyone else, when their arguments consist of nothing but overused cliché’s taught to them by mediocre educators

I find it hard not to laugh at the little mistakes I make. If I took it all too seriously it would be unbearable, so I laugh when I can.

I find it hard not to laugh whenever someone states that Star Trek is “above” this kind of thing. I find it hard not to take it personally.

I get stressed out really easily.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.

I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

I Wish I didn't have to work for a living. * I wish I didn't have to wake up early for work tomorrow but at least it's Friday.

I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it. * The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more.
 
I wish there would be more movies about scientists. (1)

(1) The "would" form in the subjunctive is used to talk about things that you wish WOULD happen in the future. In English it sounds natural to say "I wish he would come tomorrow", "I wish she would stop crying", "I wish it would rain" - all of these refer to something you wish would happen at some point in the future. HOWEVER, it sounds a little strange and unnatural to use the same construction when talking about yourself! "I wish I would..." just sounds wrong. In English, the closest "natural sounding" way of wishing something for YOURSELF is by using "I wish I could..."