Quotes of Jean Cocteau

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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

- Jean Cocteau

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

- Lenora Porch

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ Life is tough, darling, but so are you. ”

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

“ Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ 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

“ Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ”

- John Paul Warren

“ If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. ”

- John Atkinson

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice ”

- GaryLFrancione

“ Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you. ”

- Cynthia Hand

“ Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do. ”

- Richelle Mead

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ 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

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

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

- Mark Twain

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment ”

- Norman Vincent Peale

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

- Markus Zusak

“ In love, trust is a tonic and suspicion is a poison. ”

- Abhijit Naskar