Quotes of Alain de Botton

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The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

- Alain de Botton

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“ Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ”

- Harold Geneen

“ Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to help you grow. ”

- Unknown

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Friendship not defined by words Friendship only defined by action ”

- Arshdeep Singh Samrala

“ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. ”

- Jeffrey McDaniel

“ Confidence is how we perceive the manifestation of truth in us. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ You are everything I never knew I always wanted. ”

- Fools Rush In

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ”

- Woody Allen

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. ”

- Ron Ben Israel

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln