A Life is like a Box of Chocolates

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. 
 You never know what you're gonna get."

by Forrest Gump

the lead character of the 1994 film Forrest Gump

"You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones you like, and the only ones left are the ones you don't like as much? 

 I always think about that when something painful comes up. 
"Now I just have to polish these off, and everything'll be OK.
  ' Life is a box of chocolates."

In the book Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Accent

"Everyone has an accent; 
  it's just you base your idea of what constitutes an accent on sounds that are foreign to you." 

by Jessica Korteman

Happiness

"Happiness doesn't always have to come in the end. 
  It is something that you can
    cultivate, cherish, and share
                       even through hardships."

by Antony Richard Pearson

Knowledge

"It's not really useful to just have knowledge;  

  what does matter is How you Make Use of it."

by Ebi ;)

What Life Always Gives Us

“Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. 
  This includes 

             every mosquito, 

             every misfortune, 

             every red light, 

             every traffic jam, 

             every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), 

             every illness, 

             every loss, 

             every moment of joy or depression, 

             every addiction, 

             every piece of garbage, 

             every breath. 

  Every moment is the guru.”

by Charlotte Joko Beck

A Good Life

"A good life is when you smile often, dream big, laugh a lot, and you realize how blessed you are for what you have."

By James Donnelly

Marriage

"Ultimately, I think marriage is like two intertwined trees...

They balance and support each other while growing together. Each of the branches signifies your interests as individuals or things that you’re willing to compromise on; as such, they go off in different directions based on your own innate passions or by choice. 

However, living branches are always connected to their trunks, the trunk being the core of the individual and, when intertwined, of the relationship. If you can’t make things work at this fundamental level, then the other trunk is no longer a supporting double, it’s just suffocating."  

by Jessica Korteman