Daily writing prompt

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?

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I must, but it’s not coming to me yet…

Or maybe I don’t. But I do occasionally come across quotes that resonate, that get my attention, make me think, make me laugh, inspire me. Albert Einstein quotes leave a mark. The MLK quote about the moral arc of the universe bending toward justice has stuck with me.

I listed a few last year. I’ll add a few more this time around:

“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.”– Anne Frank

“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”– Mother Teresa

“Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.”– Oscar Wilde

“A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.”– Rick Warren

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”– Leonardo Da Vinci

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”– Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Daily writing prompt

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?

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Nothing comes to mind immediately, though my memory was jogged when I started searching. One attributed to Martin Luther KIng, Jr.: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

I’ve always found certain pearls of wisdom from Albert Einstein to ring true and perceptive. For example, “Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.” Or “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Or “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” Or “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

Then there’s Will Rogers: “There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”

I’ve always liked the one attributed to John Lennon: “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.”

And one from Maya Angelou leaves its mark: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”