Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut - Hemmingway
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Twain
So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S. Thompson
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say an uncommon-place thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles... - Jack Karouac
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. - Mohammad Ali
There are a lot more- I find them at
www.quotegeek.com . I try to find a new one every day.
I really love how you can find similar messages throughout history, and from all walks of life, but the best is when someone hits you with a statement that is truly profound in it's application to the given situation. That kind of moment can't really be searched on the internet.