Maxime Lagacé > Maxime's Quotes

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you really are.”
― H.N. Turteltaub, The Sacred Land

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
― Chris Rock

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
― J.K. Rowling

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
― John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education

“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.”
― John Locke

“All wealth is the product of labor.”
― John Locke

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.”
― Mark Twain

“There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.”
― Robert Brault

“They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!”
― Osho, Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“I believe that love is a better teacher than a sense of duty,” he said, “at least for me.”
― Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe

“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs

“A man's actions are determined by necessity, external and internal.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants, but not will what he wants,’ has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth; it has been a continual consolation in the face of life’s hardships, my own and others’, and an unfailing wellspring of tolerance. This realization mercifully mitigates the easily paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it is conducive to a view of life which, in part, gives humour its due.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind, without the occupation with the objective world, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors, life would have seemed empty to me. The trite objects of human efforts -- possessions, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“Keep fighting until the last buzzer sounds.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.”
― Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions

“Success = 1 part work + 1 part play + 1 part keep your mouth shut”
― Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions

“Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else- unless it is an enemy”
― Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions

“Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.”
― Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions