Quotes of Chinua Achebe

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Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.

- Chinua Achebe

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

- William Shakespeare

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ And during, I realized that the labels didn’t matter, because when two people feel that sort of pull toward each other, it just works, and the only label that mattered was that I was in love. Totally, fully, ecstatically. ”

- Bill Konigsberg

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ 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

“ Could you exist just for the art of existence? ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ I want to stand in front Allah proud of how well I treated back in dunya. ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

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

- Lenora Porch

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

- Maya Angelou

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

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

- Fried Astaire

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

- William Shakespeare

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ 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

“ Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together. ”

- Lisa Kleypas

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. ”

- A. J. McLean

“ Tuhan kan nggak mungkin langsung sedekah ke orangorang, ya kalianlah sedekah duit kalau punya duit, sedekah ilmu, sedekah senyum. Masa sih kalau sudah gitu Tuhan gak bales cintamu? Tapi gak mungkin dia belaibelai langsung rambutmu, sentuh bibirmu. Maka Tuhan ciptakan “wakil”nya, yaitu pacarmu. Maka doalah, “Tuhan, semoga pacarku ini betulbetul orang yang kau pilihkan untukku. ”

- Sujiwo Tejo

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ Your dream should always be greater than your grievances ”

- Aadarsh Singh

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo