The best Quotes by Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.

Dante: "[seeing a Confederate flag] What? Are you serious?"
Lila: "Newsflash, we're in deep Texas."

The stars at night, are big and bright,
deep in the heart of Texas,
The prairie sky is wide and high,
deep in the heart of Texas.

Of course, nobody I knew in East-Texas in 1989 cared about Newtonian Physics. The only Newtons they cared about were Wayne and Fig.

When a Texan gets knocked off a horse, he gets right back on. That is the second most important thing about bein' a Texan, right after thinkin' you're better than everybody else.

"Did you grow up in Texas?"
Meemaw: "Took my first bath in a ten-gallon hat."

Sheldon: "Texas, Oklahoma... what's the difference?"
Meemaw: "Hey, now, I think you might want to crack open your psychology textbook 'cause that there is crazy talk."

Amy: "Lino's reinventing Thanksgiving."
Zora: "Oh, good. 'Cause if there's anything Texans love, it's different sh-t."

Since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right on through the Lone Star state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we'll always have that in New York.

Lila: "So, Richter, why are you such a nihilist?"
Richter: "A what?"
Lila: "I mean, anyone who blasts diesel into the atmosphere like that, truly gives zero f-s about like anything."
Richter: "I'm a Texan. I don't like people telling me what to do. Especially smug, self-righteous, rich, city folk."

In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

Are you really a Texan? I mean, really? If I have a headache, I'd put bacon around an Aspirin before I take it.

Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.

Don't mess with Texas!

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

The only way out of this labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver, to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The war is won, but the peace is not.

Ich gehe langsam, aber ich gehe nie zurück.

Without progress there will be stagnation and decay. There again, progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering. A balance, then, between old and new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors... because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

In a world that's changing so quickly, you're guaranteed to fail if you don't take any risks.

No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it.

Edith Crawley: "[About the Titanic] I thought it was supposed to be unsinkable."
Robert Crawley: "Every mountain is unclimbable until someone climbs it; so every ship is unsinkable until it sinks."

The mountains are calling and I must go.

I feel vulnerable on mountains. It's an uncontrolled, raw environment. It's very - it's truly humbling.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

That's the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good f*cking life.

The happiest people don't worry too much about whether life is fair ot not, they just get on with it.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Nothing's gonna save our lifes, so... we're breathing borrowed air.

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

You see things; and you say 'Why?"
But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?"

They say God invented whiskey to stop the Irish from rulin' the world.

Here's to good Irish friends - never above you, never below you, always beside you!

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.

You're not in America now, you're in Ireland. So have a drink and shut up!