Quotes of Jean Cocteau

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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

- Jean Cocteau

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“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?? ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Without term limits, some remain in office for decades; as a result, their power increases and they feel entitled, and ignore the people they represent; but do not be fooled that term limits would ultimately change representation, for it’s the ignorance of the populace who continue returning the same people to office. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. ”

- Fried Astaire

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ FORGET SWAG, I'VE GOT SHAKARA', ”

- Genereux Philip

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ What if it becomes less about how we look and more about how much we care? What if it becomes less about how much money we earn and more about how much we share our good fortune? Imagine a world where who we are in our hearts is the ultimate status symbol. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. ”

- Paul Hawken

“ Repetition is the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it). ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. ”

- Og Mandino

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton