Quotes tagged ‘Wise Words’

“Sun Kwon: I don't think I've ever seen you angry. John Locke: [chuckles] Oh, I used to get angry - all the time, frustrated, too. Sun Kwon: You're not frustrated any more? John Locke: I'm not lost any more. Sun Kwon: How did you do that? John Locke: The same way anything lost gets found - I stopped…”

— Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, John Locke, Terry O'Quinn, imdb.com

“The easiest way isn't always the best.”

— Jennifer Johnson, Damon Lindelof, John Locke, Terry O'Quinn, imdb.com

“If we tell them what we know, we take away their hope... and hope is a very dangerous thing to lose.”

— Damon Lindelof, Sayid Jarrah, Naveen Andrews, imdb.com

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

— Vincent Van Gogh, vangoghletters.org

“May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.”

— Kate Forsyth, amazon.com

“The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, amazon.com

“I am nothing but I must be everything.”

— Karl Marx , amazon.com

“A man with no motive is a man no one suspects. Always keep your enemies confused. If they don’t know who you are or what you want, they can’t predict your next move.”

— Bryan Cogman, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“We only make peace with our enemies, my lord. That's why it's called "making peace.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“Only by admitting what we are can we get what we want.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“Sometimes when I try to understand a person's motives, I play a little game. I assume the worst. What's the worst reason they could possibly have for saying what they say and doing what they do? Then I ask myself, 'How well does that reason explain what they say and what they do?'”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“Don’t give up. Remember, it’s always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

— E. E Cummings, goodreads.com

“And yet you are all that you have, so you must be enough. There is no other way.”

— Marya Hornbacher, amazon.com

“I’m just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do.”

— John Jeremiah Sullivan, amazon.com

“I think a lot of times we don’t pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.”

— Amy Adams, amazon.com

“Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”

— Rumi, amazon.com

“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire—then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. Learn to separate the inconveniences from the real problems. You will live longer.”

— Sigmund Wollman, amazon.com