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Top 50 Charles Bukowski Quotes on Life And Love
Looking for the best Charles Bukowski quotes and sayings? We’ve compiled a list of the top 50 most inspiring Bukowski quotes on life, love, happiness, failure, passion and more.
Top 50 Charles Bukowski Quotes
50
“Find what you love and let it kill you.”
49
“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
48
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside – remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.”
47
“How the hell could a person enjoy being awakened at 6:30AM, by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?”
46
“No light goes out until it goes out. Let’s fight as men, not rats. Period.”
45
“Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, ‘Don’t try.’ That fits the writing, too. I don’t try; I just type.”
44
“We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us.”
43
“If I stop writing I am dead. And that’s the only way I’ll stop: dead.”
42
“If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.”
41
“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.”
40
“Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.”
39
“If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.”
38
“People are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”
37
“It’s better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.”
36
“I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
35
“Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn.”
34
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”
33
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.”
32
“There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.”
31
“Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.”
30
“When I say that basically writing is a hard hustle, I don’t mean that it is a bad life, if one can get away with it. It’s the miracle of miracles to make a living by the typer.”
29
“Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.”
28
“I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life.”
27
“In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see.”
26
“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery–isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”
25
“It’s when you begin to lie to yourself in a poem in order to simply make a poem, that you fail.”
24
“It’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.”
23
“Hey baby, when I write, I’m the hero of my shit.”
22
“Sometimes I’ve called writing a disease. If so, I’m glad that it caught me.”
21
“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.”
20
“Goodness can be found sometimes in the middle of hell.”
19
“You have to die a few times before you can really live.”
18
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
17
“There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.”
16
“If you get married they think you’re finished and if you are without a woman they think you’re incomplete.”
15
“Of course it’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.”
14
“What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.”
13
“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.”
12
“Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing.”
11
“Pain is strange. A cat killing a bird, a car accident, a fire…. Pain arrives, BANG, and there it is, it sits on you. It’s real. And to anybody watching, you look foolish. Like you’ve suddenly become an idiot. There’s no cure for it unless you know somebody who understands how you feel, and knows how to help.”
10
“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”
9
“This is very important – to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you’re gonna lose everything…just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That’s why they’re all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.”
8
“Writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.”
7
“Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I’ll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.”
6
“I don’t like the clean-shaven boy with the necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth and broken minds and broken ways. They interest me. They are full of surprises and explosions.”
5
“I kept writing not because I felt I was so good, but because I felt they were so bad, including Shakespeare, all those. The stilted formalism, like chewing cardboard.”
4
“When I write, when I’m going hot, I don’t want to write more than four hours in a row. After that, you’re pushing it.”
3
“My days, my years, my life has seen up and downs, lights and darknesses. If I wrote only and continually of the ‘light’ and never mentioned the other, then as an artist, I would be a liar.”
2
“The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you’ll live 10 times longer than if you have 10. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It’s truly ridiculous.”
1
“Those who have been writing literature have not been writing life.”
Here are the best quotes from the famous peoples about the LIFE!
Famous Life Quotes of Abraham Lincoln
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.”
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe.”
“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
Famous Life Quotes of Mark Twain
“I have never let schooling interfere with my education.”
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.”
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
Famous Life Quotes of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr
“I have a dream that my 4 children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
“A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.”
“Rarely do we find men who willingly to engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Famous Life Quotes of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
“The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.”
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.”
Famous Life Quotes of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
“Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
“There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone’s house. That says enough.”
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
Famous Life Quotes of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“A “No” uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a “Yes” merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Famous Life Quotes of Henry Ford
Henry Ford
“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.”
“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”
“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
Famous Life Quotes of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
“When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope. ‘Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Famous Life Quotes of Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
“Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have, comes from virtue.”
“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”
“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.”
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
Famous Life Quotes of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
“If you don’t like something change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning “Good morning” at total strangers.”
“The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.”
“Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.”
Famous Life Quotes of The Bible
“Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help lift him up.”
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
“If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
“A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.”
Famous Life Quotes of Sigmund Freud
“What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.”
“One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself.”
“Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.”
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.”
“A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them, for they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.”
Famous Life Quotes of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
“Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are not even capable of forming such opinions.”
“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”
“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
Life Quotes of Leonardo da Vinci
“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses it purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
“You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.”
Famous Life Quotes of Miles Davis
“A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.”
“I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.”
“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
“Sometimes you have to play for a long time to be able to play like yourself.”
“It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”
2. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.
3. Admire someone else’s beauty without questioning your own.
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5. Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, she’s up!”
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7. Some things take time.
8. I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.
9. Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It is sanity.
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11. My imperfections make me beautiful.
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13. No regrets in life. Just lessons learned.
14. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
15. Girrrl!! You are inspiring and beautiful.
16. Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break.
17. You are free to fail – A letter to me.
18. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
19. Inhale confidence. Exhale doubt.
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21. I will be the best that I can be.
22. Love Yourself Quotes Pouch.
23. Our first and last love is self-love.
24. Self-pity gets you nowhere.
25. You are amazing. You are brave. You are strong.
Read Your Daily Self Love Bible Quotes
Reading a daily dose of self-love bible quotes will help you think of good things will happen for you today. It is necessary for anyone to have a peace of mind every morning. So, why not read these self-love bible quotes to help you get through your days and think “there is always light at the end of the tunnel”.
26. God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and of s sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
27. When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
28. I will WALK BY FAITH even when I can not see. 2 Corinthians 5:7
29. “This is my COMMAND – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord, your God, is with you wherever you go.”
30. “Be STRONG and COURAGEOUS. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. -Deuteronomy 31:6
31. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your HEART. – Jeremiah 29:13
32. Let all that you do be done with love. -1 Corinthians
33. Dear Lord, When feelings of inferiority, insecurity, and self-doubt creep into my heart, help me to see myself the way you do.
Remember Your Beauty by these Empowering Self Love Quotes
You might think you are not beautiful but we are here to remind you otherwise. No one is ugly in this world. It’s just that you are different from the mainstream people. It is always good to be different. Remember, everyone is different from other people, you cannot be like someone completely without losing yourself. It is better to be different than to lose yourself while trying to be cool or popular.
34. You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius
35. A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we do things.
36. Let your inner voice speak louder than the opinions of others.
37. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
38. Be your own crazy, weird, wonderful self.
39. Act as if what you do makes a difference.
40. I am loved, I shine bright.
41. It is never too late to be what you might have been.
42. I believe in myself. I deserve to accomplish my goals.
43. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
44. Exist to be happy, not to impress.
45. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
46. Be full of self-worth.
47. Self-care is never a selfish act; it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have.
48. Self-love school. Lessons for cultivating your most important relationship.
49. Wanna know what the new relation ship goal is? Self-love is the new relationship goals.
50. She made a promise to herself to hold her own well-being sacred.
51. If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet.
52. The relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.
53. It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.
54. Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it.
55. When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy.
56. Stop underestimating yourself.
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58. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
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60. To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our success.
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62. Our self-respect tracks our choices every time we act in harmony.
63. Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth.
Feel Like a Prince and Princess with these Disney Self Love Quotes
Do not doubt your self-worth and stop questioning your purpose in living in this world we call Earth. Nothing beats the Disney movies when you are looking for self love quotes. The main purpose of these Disney films is to show the importance of oneself, that there are happy-ever-afters and the importance of love. From Pocahontas to Cinderella to Toy Story, every movie made and produced by Disney is made to make anyone remember to love themselves.
64. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you UNIQUE. – Walt Disney
65. In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and -SNAP- the job’s a game! – Mary Poppins
66. All you need is FAITH, TRUST and a little PIXIE DUST. – Peter Pan
67. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. – Douglas Adams
It is never easy to pull yourself up when you are down. You might need your family and friends to do so. Being alone can help you sometimes but most of the time, you will need someone to listen to your doubts and fears. There is a saying, “no mans an island”. You might think that you can do it by yourself, but it is never wrong to ask your friends to listen to you when your family cannot.
Asking other people’s help is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are strong. Because admitting you need help takes courage and a lot of guts.
Do not forget to love yourself. Others might try to pull you down but you have to be strong to be able to move forward and live your future with a smile on your face.
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