By the way:
When we create a quote of our own, we naturally draw not just from our own experience, but from all that we have accumulated over time from various sources. Thus there's always the possibility that what we create may come very close to an existing quote.
I've noticed this amongst the quotes of the ages given that I've often found someone of note being credited with a quote that's virtually the same as, or very similar to, someone else of note. And some quotes are credited to the wrong person. So, with that out the way...
IF THE WORLD WAS MADE UP OF LOVE, GARNISHED WITH TENDER THOUGHT AND CARE,
BAKED IN THE OVEN OF HUMAN KINDNESS, AND REGULARLY DIPPED IN SELFLESSNESS,
IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST OF TREATS, AND A NEVER-ENDING SOURCE OF BLISS.
WHEN THE WORLD'S FULL OF HUGS AND KISSES, AND COPIOUS BOUTS OF
WHOLESOME LAUGHTER, WE'LL ALL LIVE MUCH HAPPIER EVER AFTER
LOVE LIKE YOUR NEED TO BREATHE
LOVE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF INTELLIGENCE
WHERE SEEDS OF KINDNESS ARE SOWN, LOVE'S LASTING FRAGRANCE IS KNOWN
WHEN LOVE'S BEHIND ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO, WE'VE NO
REASON FOR FEAR AND NOTHING TO RUE
LOVE IS THE GREATEST ANTIDOTE
THE FLAME OF LOVE SHOULD BURN IN EVERY HEART, AND FROM
THE LIFE OF ALL, SHOULD NEVER DEPART
LOVE IS THE GREATEST TRUTH, HATE IS THE BIGGEST LIE
THE ONLY ARMS THAT THIS WORLD SHOULD INVEST IN IS LOVING ARMS
WHEN
LOVE IN ALL ITS SELFLESS, UNTAINTED BEAUTY, GOVERNS THE HEART AND MIND,
NOTHING MARVELS MORE SO; AND EVEN MORE SO, WHERE WITH TRUTH IT'S BEEN COMBINED
THAT LOVE IS THE ONLY ANSWER IS PROVEN BY THE FACT
THAT HATE AND INJURY NEVER ARE
WITHOUT LOVE, HUMANITY WOULD CEASE TO EXIST, SOON DESTROYED BY GUN AND FIST
IF LOVE'S NOT PROPELLING EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO,
THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHAT OR WHO?
LOVE IN FULL VOICE SHOULD ALWAYS AND LOUDLY RING, AND YET, HOW OFTEN IS
IT GIVEN THAT CHANCE TO SING?
MAY YOUR EARS BE ATTUNED, YOUR EYES PITYING, AND YOUR LIPS ENCOURAGING
EVERY HEART SHOULD RAGE AT INJURY, NO MATTER WHO, NO MATTER WHERE,
AND A DESIRE FOR JUSTICE SHOULD SHARE
ARMS ARE FOR EMBRACING, HANDS ARE FOR CARING, HEARTS ARE FOR LOVING,
AND BRAINS ARE FOR UNITING
LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART, SEARCH WITH YOUR EARS, AND SPEAK WITH YOUR EYES,
LOVE, NOTHING LESS; TRUTH, NOTHING BUT; HONOUR, NOTHING LOST
WHEN LOVE IS PUT FIRST AND SELF IS PUT LAST, SOCIETY BLOSSOMS
AND RELATIONSHIPS LAST
LOVE IS MEDICINE, HATE IS POISON
LOVE IS THE GREATEST KINDNESS
IF LOVE CAUGHT YOU LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, WOULD
YOU SMILE IN RECOGNITION OR PULL THE CURTAINS?
BURN WITH LOVE FOR OTHERS SO THAT THEY WILL FEEL
THE HEAT OF YOUR THOUGHT AND CARE
BE THE LOVE YOU WANT
DON'T SEEK FOR LOVE BUT SEEK TO LOVE
IT TAKES HEART TO CHANGE THINGS
EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE AND SAID, SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A LOVING THREAD
WE CAN'T LOVE TOO MUCH, ONLY TOO LITTLE
YES, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF A QUOTE, AND MORE SO WHERE IT RHYMES, HAS DONNED
ITS HAT AND COAT (EVEN KEPT UP WITH THE TIMES), THUS BEWITCHING AS MUCH AS INFORMING — SUCCINCTLY, THAT IS — BE IT HERS OR HIS —
AND THUS SOME TRUTH DAWNING, A SENTENCE OR
TWO SUMMARISING A PARAGRAPH
OR TWO, AND THUS OFTEN AS HANDY AS A HANKERCHIEF, HELPING
ONE SEE SENSE
LEST ONE MEET WITH GRIEF, OR SIMPLY HELPING ONE TO UNDERSTAND, AND THEREBY,
SUCH BEING A HELPING HAND, LIKE THE FOLLOWING ONE: ALWAYS FINISH
WHAT YOU'VE BEGUN
(WHICH I THINK I'VE DONE).
NEVER THINK THAT YOU CAN OUTSMART WISDOM, NOR OUTFOX SENSE, BECAUSE BOTH
WERE AROUND LONG BEFORE YOU, AND STILL EXIST IN THE PRESENT TENSE; AND THUS
WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AS CLEVERNESS — SMART — POSSIBLY COMING AT GREAT
EXPENSE.
IF OUR THOUGHTS ARE SHALLOW AND OUR LIFE IS HOLLOW,
WHAT WILL WE RISE TO, AND WHO MIGHT WE FOLLOW?
WHEN WE'VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE, WE KNOW WE WILL SEE IT AGAIN
TOO MUCH WE SAY AND DO SHOULDN'T BE SAID AND DONE
DON'T BE A DEVIL, BUT ACT LIKE A SAINT, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO ILL
OR EVIL, CLEVERNESS IT AIN'T
WHEN THE HAND TURNS TO ILL, IT'S CLEAR THE HEART'S UNWELL
DON'T LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF ANGER OR HATE, LEST THEY SPOIL
YOUR HAPPINESS OR SEAL YOUR FATE
DON'T TAKE THE PATH THAT HURTS OR HARMS, BUT THE PATH OF KINDNESS
AND LOVING ARMS
BURY INJURY AND PLANT A FLOWER
THING'S ARE ONLY SEEN WHEN WE'VE THE EYES TO SEE
BEFORE YOU LOOK AT OTHERS, ALWAYS CLEAN YOUR OWN LENS
THE BEST UMBRELLA IS WISDOM
KEEP THE WONDER IN YOUR EYES, AND ASK A THOUSAND WHYS
VALUE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BECAUSE EVEN WHERE THERE IS CHAFF
AMONGST THE WHEAT, THERE'S MUCH VALUE IN TRAVELLED FEET
THIS WORLD WOULD BE A NICER PLACE IF THERE WAS A SMILE ON EVERY FACE
YOU MAY BE ALIVE, BUT ARE YOU LIVING?
THE LIGHT IN MANY EYES IS SNUFFED BY THE DARKNESS IN MANY HEARTS
MISTREATMENT CARRIES ITS OWN PENALTY
MISTAKES ARE MISTAKES, BUT REGRET NOT SO FORGIVING
DEEP IS THE PAIN OF REGRET, AND YET, HOW OFTEN THAT SCENE WE SET
THE HANDS OF RESTRAINT HAVE PREVENTED MANY AN ILL
A MOMENT OF FOOLISHNESS, AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT, OR AN UNWISE CHOICE,
CAN LEAD TO A LIFETIME OF REGRET, AND THAT PROVERBIAL ECHOING VOICE
THINK QUICK WHERE YOU NEED TO, AND SLOWLY WHERE YOU DON'T
THOUGH YOU MAY MISS THE MARK, CONTINUE TO AIM FOR IT
BROKEN DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN UNFIXABLE, AND NOR DO WOUNDS
ALWAYS CONTINUE TO WEEP
WHETHER WE WEAR A SMILE OR NOT, DEPENDS ON OUR MENTAL CLOTHES
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF BECAUSE MAN CAN'T HELP HIMSELF
EVERY WORD AND ACTION REVEALS OUR HEART, AND ALL HOW WE PLAY OUR CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE PART
LOVE SAYS WHAT OTHERS DON'T AND WON'T, AND THE REASON
WHY IT DOES IS, BECAUSE IT SHOULD AND MUST
GIVEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ONE SHOULD EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE
THE NAKED TRUTH NEVER KEEPS COMPANY WITH BAREFACED LIES
MAKE THE MOST OF THE MOMENT BECAUSE THE NEXT MOMENT
THAT MOMENT COULD BE GONE
TOO MANY SEEM TO WANT THE NAKED TRUTH COVERED WITH A GARMENT
OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING
IF LOVE SAW WHAT'S PASSING FOR ITSELF TODAY, IT WOULD BURY ITS
FACE AND RUN AWAY
THE CUNNING AND TRICKERY IN THIS WORLD IS JUST AS DANGEROUS
AS ANY ROGUE ARMY
TRIAL BY JURY DOESN'T MEAN ARMCHAIR ENTHUSIASTS
THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE IS NOT DECIDED BY EXCUSES, AND NOR IS
THERE ANY PERSON WHO CAN JUSTIFY ABUSES.
WAR MAY FORCE A RESULT, BUT IT NEVER PROVIDES AN ANSWER
WORRY'S A WORRY
PRIDE IS SOMETHING THAT SETS US UP
IN A WORLD LIKE THIS, NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT TO FACE IT ALONE,
AND ALL WHY WE SHOULD VISIT OR PHONE
HELP THE WEAK BECOME STRONG, AND HELP THE STRONG BECOME TENDER
THE FRAGRANCE OF LOVE OUTSMELLS ANY FLOWER, AND ANY AROMA,
REGARDLESS OF ITS POWER
DON'T SPOIL A BEAUTIFUL DAY VIA AN UGLY ATTITUDE
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE AT WAR WITH A WORLD OF THEIR OWN CREATION
THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY TALE, AND ALL WHY ONE SHOULD MIND COME
SOMEONE'S WAIL
BEAR WITH THE STRUGGLER, BUT REBUKE THE SLOTH
TO RISE, WE MUST ASPIRE TO GREATER HEIGHTS
UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN LOVE WITH LOVE, BULLETS WILL
STILL BE FIRED, AND BOMBS WILL STILL FALL FROM ABOVE
STOP WARRING, IT'S KILLING US!
THE RIGHT PATH WILL ALWAYS SERVE US WELL, BUT THE WRONG PATH
WILL ALWAYS BRING US ILL
LOVE WILL REWARD, BUT HATE WILL PUNISH
WE ALL LIKE TO THINK WE'RE RIGHT, AND YET CAN BE SO WRONG, AND ALL
WHY OPPOSITE VIEWS AND EXPRESSIONS CLEARLY BELONG
LOVE THAT ISN'T FULL AND COMPLETE, HAS NO THRONE BUT A COMMON SEAT
IF THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES, THE DAY HAS A THOUSAND EARS
WE CANNOT CHANGE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, BUT ONLY FROM THE INSIDE OUT
EVERY PERSON HAS A NAME, NOT A NUMBER, AND ALL WHY LOVE, THOUGHT
AND CARE SHOULD NEVER BE ABSENT, NOR SEEN TO SLUMBER
THOSE WHO RULE WITH AN IRON FIST, ONCE IN THE GRAVE ARE NEVER MISSED
LIFE'S THE FRONT DOOR, DEATH'S THE BACK DOOR;
AND IN-BETWEEN, LOVE AND WAR
A SIMPLE TOY BRINGS LOTS OF JOY
TO LOVE IS TO LIVE, TO HATE IS TO DIE
MISTREATMENT IS A DEAD GIVEAWAY
HATE CASTS A SHADOW WHEREVER IT GOES
LOVE CAN ONLY DRIVE WHEN IT'S GIVEN THE KEYS
EVERY KIND WORD AND DEED IS A HEAVENLY SEED
IN THE MIDST OF SOMEONE'S PAIN, WORDS MAY MEAN NOTHING, BUT A LOVING
TOUCH EVERYTHING, AND HOW THEIR CONFIDENCE WE MIGHT GAIN
GOOD MEN HUNGER FOR PEACE AND RAIL AGAINST WAR, SO THAT
VIOLENCE MAY CEASE AND HARD HEARTS THAW
WHEN LEADERS INDULGE IN HYPOCRISY, PROPAGANDA AND FORCE, YOU KNOW
THAT THEY'RE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, BOTH ERRANT AND OFF COURSE
BULLYING AND PUNCHING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS THE
FORERUNNER OF TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION
THE COST OF INROADS INTO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS MORAL BANKRUPTCY
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS THE ENEMY OF AGENDAS, AND HENCE WHY
IT'S ALWAYS THE TARGET OF SUCH OFFENDERS
OPEN MINDS AND BIG HEARTS LET ALL HAVE THEIR SAY
OUR CHOICE OF PATH DETERMINES EVERYTHING, WHETHER WE'LL HAVE
CAUSE TO CRY OR REASON TO SING
TOO OFTEN LESSONS ARE ONLY LEARNT AFTER BRIDGES ARE BURNT
IF MY LIFE IS MINE, AND YOUR LIFE IS YOURS, YOU'VE NO RIGHT
TO TAKE MINE, AND I'VE NO RIGHT TO TAKE YOURS
LIVE FOR OTHERS, DIE TO SELF, AND TREAT ALL AS YOUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS
NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM NOTHING GOOD
WHAT
YOU MAY DO FOR OTHERS, OTHERS MAY NOT FEEL ABLE TO DO FOR YOU, SO DON'T
EXPECT, BUT JUST CONTINUE TO GIVE AND SHARE, AND LIFE WILL SOMEHOW
REWARD YOUR LOVING THOUGHT AND CARE
ADMITTING THAT WE'RE WRONG IS HOW ONE BECOMES STRONG
DECEPTION ALWAYS TRIES TO OUTDO ITSELF
TRUTH AND FREEDOM CAN ONLY EXIST WHERE THERE'S NO INTERFERENCE
LIFE'S NOT MEASURED BY YEARS, BUT BY SEEDS AND DEEDS
WHEN WE DANCE TO THE TUNE OF OTHERS, THEIR FOOTWEAR GIVES US CORNS
THE MORE ROOM IN OUR HEART FOR OTHERS, THE LESS ROOM IN OUR HEART FOR ILL
CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU ACT
NEVER LISTEN TO A LIE EXCEPT TO CORRECT IT
THE GREATEST THEFT IS STOLEN RIGHTS
By Lance Landall
More quotes of my own, like those above, are scattered throughout my website.
YES, THERE ARE QUOTES AND THERE ARE QUOTES, THEY SERIOUS OR FUNNY, QUITE SOLEMN
OR SUNNY, AND VERY HANDY AT THE RIGHT TIME, WHETHER THEY DO OR DON'T RHYME, AND I
OFTEN QUOTING THEM MYSELF, YOU KNOW, EVEN CREATING A FEW, YOU KNOW, A QUOTE
WORTH A PARAGRAPH, GOOD FOR REFLECTING ON, OR SIMPLY A LAUGH, SO THERE YOU GO.
