“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

” ―
Robert Frost

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

“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

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”― Oscar
Wilde

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out
hate: only love can do that.”― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”― Friedrich Nietzsche

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is
the greatest accomplishment.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the
environment in which you first find yourself.”– Mark Caine

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at
the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”– Helen
Keller

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,
accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. ” – William
Shakespeare

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”– John F. Kenned

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving
more.”– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”– J. K
Rowling

“If you want to be happy, be.”– Leo Tolsto

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert
Einstein

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
– Charles Swindoll

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison

“Life is trying things to see if they work.”– Ray Bradbury

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped
by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”– Steve Jobs

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”– George Bernard
Shaw

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.”– Salvador Dali

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”– Lao Tzu

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.”– Helen Keller

“Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s
watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” – Mark Twain

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Schiuller

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” - Katherine Hepburn

“Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.” - Desmond Tutu

“Our lives are like a candle in the wind.” - Carl Sandburg

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth= someone who comes from a wealthy and successful family.

To have sticky fingers= To be a thief.

To be closefisted= Someone who doesn’t want to spend money. Similar to being stingy.

A piece of cake= refers to a task or job that’s easy to complete or accomplish.

A couch potato= who spends a lot of time sitting on the couch watching TV.

To compare apples and oranges= to compare two very different things.

Eat like a bird= to eat a small amount of food.

Eat like a horse= to eat a large amount of food.

Food for thought= something that’s worth thinking carefully about.

Once in a blue moon= very rarely.

Go with the flow= to relax and go along with whatever’s happening.

Lost at sea= to be confused about something or to feel unsure about what to do.

Salt of the earth= being honest and good.

Bury your head in the sand= to (try to) avoid a particular situation by pretending that it doesn’t exist.
To hold out an olive branch= to offer to make peace (with a rival or enemy).

A drop in the ocean= a very small part or insignificant amount of something big or whole.

Barking up the wrong tree= look in the wrong place or accuse the wrong person.

Bite off more than you can chew= take on a task that is too big.

Cry over spilt milk= complain about a loss from the past.

Drive someone up the wall= to irritate or annoy very much.

Hit the books= study very hard.

Jump on the bandwagon= join a popular trend or activity.

Kill two birds with one stone= solve two problems at once / with one action.

Make a long story short= come to the point.

Pull yourself together= calm down and act normally.

Sit on the fence= stay neutral and not take sides.

In the nick of time= Almost too late.

Put your foot in your mouth= saying something you shouldn’t have.

Tip of the iceberg= the small easily visible part of a larger problem.

Add fuel to the fire= when someone does something to make a bad situation worse.
Between a rock and a hard place= to be in a difficult situation where both options are bad.