Quotes of John Taylor Gatto

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You either write your own script or you become an actor in someone else’s.

- John Taylor Gatto

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“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

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

- John Verdon

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ 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

“ Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones? ”

- Elizabeth Scott

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

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

- Jackie Griffin

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem

“ A blooming relationship even if it’s someone else’s, makes me so happy and reinstates my faith in love... ”

- Nitya Prakash

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your selfesteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett