Brilliant quotes

Great quotes can inspire you, make you laugh, make you think. I have a few that I keep coming back to when I need to step outside myself, or when I just need a kick up the arse.

‘The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.’ Winston Churchill

‘Sometimes things happen and I don’t know what to do with my face.’ David Sedaris

‘The secret to life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.’ Oscar Wilde

‘You can keep going long after you can’t.’ Anon

‘Apologies for the long letter. I didn’t have time to write a short one.’ Rudyard Kipling

‘Hope isn’t about the sunshine. It’s about choosing to strike a match in the dark.’ Me haha

‘Nothing is ever settled until it is settled right.’ Rudyard Kipling

‘The words, the words through which I’ve attempted to engage with my self esteem, were like so many windchimes in a tornado.’
Kevin MacNeil, The Stornoway Way

‘Imagination and habit are far more powerful than logic and willpower will ever be.’ Paul McKenna

‘Leave things a little better than you found them.’ Anon

‘Man is a giddy thing.’ Mumford & Sons

‘What a magician is the subconscious. If only it would work regular hours.’ Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

‘Learn to feed the true parts of yourself on a daily basis, even the parts you don’t like. If those parts hurt yourself or hurt others, learn to feed them safely in your own time. Otherwise, hungry, those parts you ignore will scream louder than the others, loud enough for people to hear, and your mind – your soul – will never be quiet. First, those true parts must be recognised and accepted.’

‘Do the work. Trust the process.’ Paul Callaghan

Think that’s enough from me. Anyone got any others?