All of your favorite quotes from January 2023 in one place.
“Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.”
~Confucius
“The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
~Carl Sagan
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
~Plato
“Never follow the crowd.”
~Bernard Baruch
“Where there is love, there is life.”
~Gandhi
“That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.”
~Walt Disney
“I don’t want to believe. I want to know.”
~Carl Sagan
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
~Plato
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
~Maya Angelou
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long you do not stop.”
~Confucius
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
~Aristotle
“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”
~Roy T. Bennett
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
~Abraham Lincoln
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
~Mark Twain
“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
~Aristotle
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others.”
~Nelson Mandela
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
~Martin Luther King Jr
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
~Carl Sagan
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
~Abraham Lincoln
“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.”
~Aristotle
“The truth is everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
~Bob Marley
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.“
~Dr. Seuss
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.“
~Walt Disney
“It is never too late to be who you might have been.“
~George Eliot
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.“
~George Bernard Shaw
“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes; I am out of control and, at times, hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.“
~Marilyn Monroe
“People will pay more to be entertained than educated.“
~Johnny Carson
“Good memories are our second chance at happiness.“
~Queen Elizabeth II
“You can’t turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again.“
~Bonnie Prudden
“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.“
~Socrates
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.“
~Willie Nelson
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.“
~Lucille Ball
