ColetteDBK's Favorite Quotes

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. – Marie Antoinette
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. – Socrates
Wisdom begins in wonder. – Socrates
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all. – Socrates
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. – Aldous Huxley
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. – Chinese Proverb
A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't go anywhere until you change it. – Ed Mylett
It always seems impossible until it's done. – Nelson Mandela
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. – Nelson Mandela
“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.” – Nelson Mandela
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. – Nelson Mandela