Top 50 Douglas Horton Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If you love something let it go free. If it doesn’t come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.”

— Douglas Horton

2. “Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.”

— Douglas Horton

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3. “We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.”

— Douglas Horton

4. “Be your own hero, it’s cheaper than a movie ticket.”

— Douglas Horton

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5. “The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.”

— Douglas Horton

6. “While seeking revenge, dig two graves – one for yourself.”

— Douglas Horton

7. “Burning desire is the eternal flame.”

— Douglas Horton

8. “Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.”

— Douglas Horton

9. “Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.”

— Douglas Horton

10. “Money is good, love is wealth.”

— Douglas Horton

11. “We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.”

— Douglas Horton

12. “Drive slow and enjoy the scenery – drive fast and join the scenery.”

— Douglas Horton

13. “Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.”

— Douglas Horton

14. “No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.”

— Douglas Horton

15. “Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.”

— Douglas Horton

16. “Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.”

— Douglas Horton

17. “Life is good when we think it’s good. Life is bad when we don’t think.”

— Douglas Horton

18. “Death is the final wake-up call.”

— Douglas Horton

19. “Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.”

— Douglas Horton

20. “Smile, it’s better than a poke in the eye.”

— Douglas Horton

21. “Born to be wild – live to outgrow it.”

— Douglas Horton

22. “Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.”

— Douglas Horton

23. “Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.”

— Douglas Horton

24. “Growing old is not growing up.”

— Douglas Horton

25. “If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride.”

— Douglas Horton

26. “Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.”

— Douglas Horton

27. “The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love.”

— Douglas Horton

28. “To awake from death is to die in peace.”

— Douglas Horton

29. “The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.”

— Douglas Horton

30. “Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.”

— Douglas Horton

31. “He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”

— Douglas Horton

32. “Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.”

— Douglas Horton

33. “To buy happiness is to sell soul.”

— Douglas Horton

34. “Death is feared as birth is forgotten.”

— Douglas Horton

35. “Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.”

— Douglas Horton

36. “Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.”

— Douglas Horton

37. “First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time.”

— Douglas Horton

38. “Born a saint, die a sinner – born a sinner, die a saint.”

— Douglas Horton

39. “The key to heaven’s gate cannot be duplicated.”

— Douglas Horton

40. “Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.”

— Douglas Horton

41. “To hit bottom is to fall from grace.”

— Douglas Horton

42. “If food were free, why work?”

— Douglas Horton

43. “Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.”

— Douglas Horton

44. “Why ask why? If it’s raining it just is.”

— Douglas Horton

45. “Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.”

— Douglas Horton

46. “Strong words are required for weak principles.”

— Douglas Horton

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47. “It’s not a question of happiness, it’s a requirement. Consider the alternative.”

— Douglas Horton

48. “If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?”

— Douglas Horton

49. “Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.”

— Douglas Horton

50. “Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.”

— Douglas Horton