#vic

The life of man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams but in active charity and in willing service. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#dreams

It’s often mistaken for good advice, but wisdom cannot be imparted to someone. Wisdom can only be earned; it’s a by-product of experience, not necessarily knowledge, otherwise I would be stalking Oprah right now, begging for a transfusion. ↗

— Renee Carlino

#wisdom #experience

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. ↗

— Steven Winterburn

#assholes #depression #humor #humour #low-self-esteem

Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#excitement #express #plentiful #pony #rider

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. ↗

— Josh Billings

#dreadful #easy #enough #give #like

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. ↗

— Josh Billings

#comes #find #give #him #i

In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year. ↗

— Larry David

#add #although #army #because #classes

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. ↗

— Josh Billings

#come #corrected #most #opinions #own

I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#believe #broadcaster #commercial #durable #fee

I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#cast #happy #i #me #vices