Forget Quotes

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  I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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• Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

  Mary Schmich

  Race, Compliments You, Long

  Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.32, Agate Digital

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• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

  Johnny Cash

  Life, Bullying, Mistake

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, God, Country

  Remarks at a Dallas Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, delivered 23 August 1984 at Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX

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• Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Long Distance Relationship

  "By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept". Book by aulo Coelho, 1994.

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• People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely.

  Henry A. Wallace

  Mother, Nature, Memories

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• Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

  Walter Hagen

  Smell, Rose

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• Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

  Albert J. Nock

  Culture, Pedants, Process

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  We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

  Joan Didion

  Memories, Nodding, Never Forget

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Jun 24, 2011

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• To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Don't forget to love yourself.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Love, Positive, Compassion

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• The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

  Thomas Szasz

  Life, Forgiveness, Letting Go

  The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"

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• Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

  Eileen Caddy

  Life, Positive, Happiness

  "Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom‎". Book by Tricia Goyer, 2004.

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• We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Wisdom

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.5, Anchor

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• Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  W. H. Auden

  Book, Beer, Quality

  The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays pt. 1 (1962)

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• Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

  Warren Buffett

  Funny, Success, Money

  "Rules That Warren Buffett Lives By". Yahoo Finance, February 23, 2010.

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• First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.

  Claude Debussy

  Gentleman, Singers, Firsts

  Claude Debussy's instructions to the singers in his opera "Pelléas et Mélisande", as quoted in Henry William Simon "100 Great Operas and Their Stories" (p. 371), 1989.

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• Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in your head about a guy, then forget about it. It's not real.

  Ethan Embry

  Real, Love Is, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Wisdom, May

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

  Mick Jagger

  Song, Past, Be Careful

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• You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.

  James Joyce

  Heaven, Suffering, Kingdoms

  James Joyce (2016). “James Joyce The Dover Reader”, p.473, Courier Dover Publications

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• There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

  Henri Matisse

  Art, Flower, Rose

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• Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

  Roman Polanski

  Movie, Inspiring, Humorous

  "Values of the Wise: Aspiring to 'The Life of Value'". Book by Jason Merchey, 2004.

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• Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

  Jacques Prevert

  Positive, Happiness, Happy

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