Hispanic Heritage Month 2026

Emma K > Emma's Quotes

Showing 1-30 of 37
« previous 1
sort by

    like
  • #1
    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor
    51795 likes

    • like
  • #2
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
    119723 likes

    • like
  • #3
    Dr. Seuss
    “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: fantasy
    36903 likes

    • like
  • #4
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
    35777 likes

    • like
  • #5
    Haruki Murakami
    “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: adversity, inspirational, life-lessons, problems, trials
    10849 likes

    • like
  • #6
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
    tags: attitude, choice, giving, happiness, inspirational, kindness, life-and-living, life-lessons, motivational, positive-affirmation
    10021 likes

    • like
  • #7
    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
    38062 likes

    • like
  • #8
    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
    35272 likes

    • like
  • #9
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    178951 likes

    • like
  • #10
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
    152949 likes

    • like
  • #11
    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130724 likes

    • like
  • #12
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
    114832 likes

    • like
  • #13
    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
    109756 likes

    • like
  • #14
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    101830 likes

    • like
  • #15
    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    85433 likes

    • like
  • #16
    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
    84525 likes

    • like
  • #17
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
    78721 likes

    • like
  • #18
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
    70016 likes

    • like
  • #19
    J.K. Rowling
    “Don't let the muggles get you down.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    2445 likes

    • like
  • #20
    H.L. Mencken
    “I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”
    ― H.L. Mencken
    tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, whiskey
    2451 likes

    • like
  • #21
    Jojo Moyes
    “Push yourself. Don't Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.”
    ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You
    2435 likes

    • like
  • #22
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
    ― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    2444 likes

    • like
  • #23
    “I didn’t want him morally grey. I wanted someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it.”
    ― Navessa Allen, Lights Out
    200 likes

    • like
  • #24
    Elizabeth Lim
    “Never will I apologize for being the monster they made me.”
    ― Elizabeth Lim, Her Radiant Curse
    13 likes

    • like
  • #25
    Louisa May Alcott
    “I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
    ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
    tags: authors, challenges, keys, writing
    1259 likes

    • like
  • #26
    Jacqueline Wilson
    “I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.”
    ― Jacqueline Wilson
    71 likes

    • like
  • #27
    Sarah J. Maas
    “I cannot survive without reading.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames
    781 likes

    • like
  • #28
    Walt Whitman
    “Be curious, not judgmental”
    ― Walt Whitman
    2 likes

    • like
  • #29
    Oscar Wilde
    “I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: procrastination
    866 likes

    • like
  • #30
    J.K. Rowling
    “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: mischief
    37330 likes



Rss
« previous 1
All Quotes



Tags From Emma’s Quotes

aliteracy
books
classic
humor
life
fantasy
read
readers
reading
reading-books
adversity
inspirational
life-lessons
problems
trials
attitude
choice
giving
happiness
kindness
life-and-living
motivational
positive-affirmation
animals
dogs
friends
obvious
simile
ataraxy
be-yourself
confidence
fitting-in
individuality
misattributed-dr-seuss
those-who-matter
action
change
misattributed-to-gandhi
philosophy
wish
darkness
drive-out
hate
light
love
peace
accomplishment
attributed-no-source
conformity
bibliophiles
book-lovers
whiskey
authors
challenges
keys
writing
procrastination
mischief