As you may recall dear reader, I’m always looking for great quotes, especially those that get me thinking.
I recently collected a batch of what I think are some of the greatest thought-provoking quotes, so I thought I’d share them with you.
Unfortunately, all of today’s quotes fall within the category of ‘Author Unknown‘, but they’re still worth a few moments of your time.
So here’s some brain food to get your day started. I think some of these quotes are real gems, so I hope you find them interesting.
Thought-provoking Quotes:
If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t there more happy people?
Life’s tough for everyone but it’s even tougher if you’re stupid
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it
Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcefully
Don’t mistake activity for productivity
If silence is golden, not many people can be arrested for hoarding.
You’ll never make your dreams come true by oversleeping
Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed man
Never argue with a fool; people may not notice the difference
If quitters never win, and winners never quit, then who is the fool who said, “Quit while you’re ahead?”
Age is just a number. Then again, it’s often quite a big number.
Wise people know that they don’t know anything at all.
Living is easy, if all you want to do is exist.
Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die.
He who smiles in a crisis has already found someone else to blame.
The problem with life is that Monday is so far from Friday, yet Friday is so close to Monday.
When nothing is going right, go left.
If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
I thought growing old would take longer.
Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.
If, at first, you don’t succeed, redefine success.
I don’t have bad handwriting, I have my own font.
I am in shape. Round is a shape, isn’t it?
Happiness is an inside job.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Life can be better than it is, but it won’t happen by accident.
Choices maketh the man, and the woman too.
My favourite?
The one I like best today is “Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcefully.”
All too often nowadays people use profanity as a lazy and ill-considered form of expression. And rarely does it reflect well on anyone in my opinion.
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