Everything I teach my kids and your kids (if they ask) about life summed up in thirty seven quotes.

1. "Life's not fair, is it?" - Scar, The Lion King
2. "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." - Westley, The Princess Bride
3. "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. " - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
4. "There will be no free rides, no excuses. You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion. Because of those two strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume that you know less than you do. *Math* is the great equalizer... When you go for a job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems; ergo, neither do I. You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else." - Jaime Escalante, Stand and Deliver
5. "He forgave you from the cross. Can I do less?" - Diana, The Robe
6. "Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live." - Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music
7. "Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
8. "Carpe Diem! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" - John Keating, Dead Poets Society
9. "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart
10. "Remember George, no man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence, It's a Wonderful Life
11. "We are men of action, lies do not become us." - Westley, The Princess Bride
12. "If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth." - Mohandas K. Gandhi, Gandhi
13. "You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man." - Dr. John Wade Prentice, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
14. "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put into this world to rise above." - Rose Sayer, The African Queen
15. "... a representative owes the People not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion." - Dr. Lyman Hall (quoting Edmunde Burke), 1776
16. Gold's a devilish sort of thing, anyway. You start out, you tell yourself you'll be satisfied with 25,000 handsome smackers worth of it. So help me, Lord, and cross my heart. Fine resolution. After months of sweating yourself dizzy, growing short of provisions, and finding nothing, you finally come down to 15,000, then ten. Finally, you say, "Lord, let me find just $5,000 worth and I'll never ask for anything more the rest of my life." - Howard, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
17. If you need something, get it yourself....better yet, learn to do without." - Hub, Secondhand Lions
18. "Let me tell you something, Toula. the man may be the head of the house, but the woman is the neck. and she can turn the head any way she wants." - Maria Portokalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
19. "There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!" - Cosmo, Sneakers
20. "A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that." - Shane, Shane
21. "You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that." - Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
22. "I think this is a very good time for prayer and reflection." - Coach Yoast, Remember the Titans
23. "There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible." - Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
24. "I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough." - Noah Calhoun, The Notebook
25. "I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure." - Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire
26. "And remember, as it was written, to love another person is to see the face of God." - Jean Valjean, Les Miserables
27. "I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you...but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. You can say what you like about me; I'm not changing. Me...I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause with me, I'm the real article. What you see is what you get." - Del Griffith, Planes, Trains & Automobiles
28. "People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live." - Longfellow Deeds, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
29. "Without suffering there would be no compassion." - Jamie Sullivan, A Walk to Remember
30. "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - Roger 'Verbal' Kint, The Usual Suspects
31. "Dreams are what makes life tolerable." -Rudy Ruettiger, Rudy
32. "The most intense joy lies not in the having but in the desire. The delight that never fades, the bliss that is eternal, is only yours when what you most desire is just out of reach., We can't have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today. That's the deal." - Joy Gresham, Shadowlands
33. "Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes." - Vincent Crummles, Nicholas Nickleby
34. "You have heard it said you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. For if you love only those who love you, what reward is there in that?" - Jesus, The Passion of the Christ
35. "BUSINESS? Mankind was my business! Their common welfare was my business!" - Jacob Marley, Scrooge
36. "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in." - Hub, Secondhand Lions
37. "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken: The crownless again shall be king." - Bilbo Baggins, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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