The Great Quote Race

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. -Francis Bacon I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone. -Audrey Hepburn. When anger rises, think of the consequences. -Confucius Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. -Albert Einstein Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. -Winston Churchill I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. -Clarence Darrow Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. -Steve Jobs A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.-Colin Powell Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. -Oscar Wilde The only real failure that counts is not being there for those who need you. –Rebekah Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. -Martin Luther King, Jr. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. -David Ogden Stiers I fear that soon I'll be insane. I fear no one will care. But my biggest fear is losing those I love. -Rebekah I’ll always choose to forgive you, but I’ll never forget. Why won’t I forget you ask? Because I love you to fvcking much and if I forget, If forget what you did, I’ll not remember how much I love you, because I really care, and because I hope to always remember how much love it has taken us to get this far. Siblings stick like duct tape. –Rebekah Gosh, I don’t really know what freedom is. Maybe it’s because I live in it or maybe because I’ve never been free. –Rebekah I want friends who, after I am comfortable with, I could trust with my deepest insecurities. Not people who make my deepest insecurities come true. -Rebekah Future: If the future is based on the present then what the fvck are you doing? -Rebekah Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. -Abraham Lincoln When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. -Abraham Lincoln Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. -Thomas Jefferson If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. -Mahatma Gandhi Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. -Albert Einstein I think intelligence should be based on how many names you know. I’d be the most intelligent person ever. -Rebekah When I look with a jealous intent my cricket whispers to me how much I’m blessed. -Rebekah Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. -Albert Einstein Leading is taking the first step with faith you will be safe when you cannot see. -Rebekah Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. -Will Smith Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. -Oscar Wilde The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. -Albert Einstein Patience is about not yelling “Shut the fvck up” when your little brother keeps interrupting your homework, but setting it aside to kiss his mistakes. -Rebekah I have a flag on my bedroom wall. Actually I have two. One because I like to pretend I’m a rebel from Revolution, two because I love the Philippians. -Rebekah Peace is when my siblings are gone. I know it’s mean, but it’s because I start it all. -Rebekah When someone asked me my view on homosexuality my mom looked at me with “the face”. I shut up because I hate to be hated for what I believe, but not enough that I change my beliefs. I’m single and that’s where I plan to stay. You think that’s weird? Well my dad is pretty scary when he hates your guts. -Rebekah I think all opinions should be respected. Mine, yours, that little six year olds… I think that if you respect their opinions when they are young they’ll vote later on. And anyways it’s cute to hear how little Jimmy wants to go to the Electoral College when he is bigger -Rebekah A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. -Charlie Chaplin The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. -Norman Cousins A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. -William Arthur Ward We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. -Milton Friedman I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan That which does not kill us makes us stronger. -Friedrich Nietzsche When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. -Khalil Gibran Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves. -Virginia Satir Lost time is never found again. -Benjamin Franklin The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. -Stephen King A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. -Winston Churchill Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. -Dwight D. Eisenhower If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. -Michael Jordan Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. -Confucius