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Feed your mind, soul and funny bone with this thought-provoking collection of quotes.

These quotes will have you rolling in positivity.

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  • “A ship is safe in harbour, but that is not what a ship was built for.” - William H. Shedd
  • “I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” - Mark Twain
  • "Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." - Plato
  • "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - Winnie the Pooh
  • "If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how previous precious they are?" - Calvin and Hobbes
  • "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln                                                                                                      
  • "Holding on to anger is a poison one drinks expecting the other person to die."- Unknown   
  • “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” - Bob Marley                                                                                                                     
  • "Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing." - Dwight Schrute
  • "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - Thorin Oakenshield
  • "He sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived." - The Dalai Lama
  • “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke
  • "What are you going to do? Stab me?" - Man that was stabbed
  • "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “First I was dying to finish high school and start college, then I was dying to finish college and start working; then I was dying to marry and have children; then I was dying for my children to get old enough for school so I could return to work; and then I was dying to retire. Now I am dying and suddenly I realise I forgot to live.” -Anonymous
  • "I was going to sue her for defamation of character but then I realised I have no character" - Charles Barkley
  • “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, but only if one remembers to turn on the light” - Dumbledore
  • "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else". - Winston Churchill
  • "Rather eat crumbs with bums, than steaks with snakes" - Papoose
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