Quotes of Ernest Becker

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If we don't have the omnipotence of gods, we at least can destroy like the gods.

- Ernest Becker

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“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Anything I ever did for a person was out of love, nobody can ever finesse me. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:12 NIV) ”

- Anonymous

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic

“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ There’s only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it’s all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, ‘I love you.’ ”

- K. Flay

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

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

- Jackie Griffin