I’m a quote person. I mean, you probably noticed that the sub heading for this article is from a DMB song. You probably also noticed that the photo I chose has a typo. Wandering around Los Angeles, you'll find all sorts of inspirational musings painted, scrawled, or carved into the city. What being a "quote person" entails, I am unsure. What I do know is that I adore words and arrangements of words, and I think that certain quotes have the power to incite action and inspire each of us. Anytime I hear or read something that is moving, I write it down. Although the people, movies, and bands in this list are certainly fallible, I do believe their words have value. Hopefully, you’ll feel the same.
“It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.” Hugh Laurie.
“Its good for your soul to invest in something you can’t control.” Fever Pitch.
“Your willingness to be kind is greater than your propensity to be correct.”
“I try to live each day as if I’ve come back specifically to this one day in my extraordinary life.” About Time.
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." Thomas Jefferson.
“The greatest gift is the present tense.” NEEDTOBREATHE.
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” Erma Bombeck.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain.
“We have an obligation to assault the commonplace every chance we get.” White Collar.
“Make the mundane a melody.” Wired.
“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” Aaron Rose.
“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.” John Lennon.
“If you must speak, speak every word as though it were unique.” Keaton Henson.
“We should concern ourselves not so much with the pursuit of happiness but with the happiness of pursuit.” Hector and the Search for Happiness.
