Quotes Selected for The Life Cube V2 2012

After pouring through over 1000 quotes, I came up with a short list of 500.  Of the 500, I narrowed it down to the following 24.  Some did not make the final design, but all are close to my heart and have relevancy to my life.

TRAVEL – DISTANCE – THE ROAD

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!'” – Hunter S. Thompson

“If you only walk on sunny days, you will never reach your destination.” – Paulo Coelho

“Just ’cause you’re following a well-marked trail don’t mean that whoever made it knew where they were goin’.” – Texas Bix Bender

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T. S. Eliot

“I chose the road less traveled.  Now, where the hell am I?” – Unknown

“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” –­ Christopher Columbus

MADNESS

“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss (“… or call it friendship” — skeeter)

“Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.” – Unknown

“The only difference between me and the madman is that I’m not mad.” – Salvador Dali

“You’re only given a little spark of madness.  You mustn’t lose it.” – Robin Williams

“Madness takes its toll.  Please have exact change.” – Unknown

MARK TWAIN

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.” – Mark Twain

“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” – Mark Twain

CREATIVITY & IMAGINATION

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein.

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein

 “Life is a great big canvas; you should throw all the paint on it you can.” – Danny Kaye

“It takes a long time to become young.” – Pablo Picasso

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsh

DREAMS & HAPPINESS

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” – Guillaume Apollinaire

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream.  A dream you dream together is reality.” – John Lennon

“Dream as if you’ll live forever.  Live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean

“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown

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