Top 120 Laurence Overmire Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.”

— Laurence Overmire

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2. “Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.”

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3. “We are the last generation with a real opportunity to save the world.”

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4. “History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.”

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5. “Love is kindness, compassion, generosity, empathy, respect, understanding, forgiveness and sacrifice: the very best in us.”

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6. “You can’t really appreciate a work of art until you can understand how difficult it was to create. And that’s probably true of any work of art – a rock, a tree, a bird, a fish, a sunrise made of light and air.”

— Laurence Overmire

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7. “To listen to the silence is to hear the heartbeat of the Universe.”

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8. “Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny.”

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9. “There is no such thing as an insignificant life, only the insignificance of mind that refuses to grasp the implications.”

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10. “Whenever you speak the truth, someone will be offended.”

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11. “Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom.”

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12. “Anyone who doesn’t love animals has a serious hole in the heart.”

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13. “Our stories make us who we are. And each story has its own purpose and its own reward. Each story rings true and each story is worthy of the ages. There is no such thing as an insignificant life.”

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14. “War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.”

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15. “I am not a skin color. I contain all of humanity in my heart and my mind, my flesh, my blood and my bones, and I am proud of that fact. You should be, too.”

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16. “Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous.”

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17. “Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity.”

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18. “The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.”

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19. “Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.”

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20. “Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life.”

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21. “Truth is the greatest enemy of tyrants everywhere.”

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22. “All of our ancestors live within each one of us whether we are aware of it or not.”

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23. “If God spent 180 million years making dinosaurs, what makes us think Man is so special, a tick of the clock before midnight?”

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24. “The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway.”

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25. “The truth is the truth. Denying it doesn’t make it go away.”

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26. “Dare to find your own truth, despite what others say, then have the courage to live it.”

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27. “I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow.”

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28. “Life is a poem most people never read.”

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29. “God made in the image of Man is an imperfect master.”

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30. “Our individual power to effect change may not seem like much, but remember, we are all interconnected: We are One. Powerlessness itself is an illusion. Every positive action we take, no matter how small, will have an impact.”

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31. “Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is ‘real,’ but everything matters.”

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32. “There is no nobler profession, nor no greater calling, than to be among those unheralded many who gave and give their lives to the preservation of human knowledge, passed with commitment and care from one generation to the next.”

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33. “Every creature has a right to be on this Earth. Who am I to disrupt the natural order? “Respect” is a good word worth handing down to our children.”

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34. “It takes no genius to destroy. The creators, the givers, the lovers, the healers – these are the heroes who know – the building up is so much more difficult than the tearing down.”

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35. “We are the collective creator of our own agony. It is time for a re-awakening of consciousness when we recognize the best in ourselves and overcome the worst.”

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36. “When you look at a person who’s different and see Yourself, then you begin to understand who and what God really is.”

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37. “Every succeeding generation has the opportunity to heal the wounds of the past.”

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38. “Life is inherently disturbing. That’s why we’ve created the myths-to help us overcome, defend or deny, to transcend the grim reality of what here seems to be.”

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39. “Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don’t get done are often the most worthwhile.”

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40. “There are some who dream their lives away, but end up doing nothing, and others who do their lives away, and end up never dreaming.”

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41. “Wise leaders know that serving the best interests of all will lead to a healthy and prosperous society. That’s why they work to bring people together, not tear them apart, to serve the common good.”

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42. “Every being has its own important and unique place in the cosmic dance.”

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43. “Expect nothing and you will never be disasppointed.”

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44. “The way to peace, harmony and balance for the planet is through the loving kindness of each individual heart.”

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45. “Dead people are easy to love. It’s the living ones who are hard.”

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46. “Doing the right thing, surrendering our short-term self-interest to serve the needs of the whole, has never been easy for humankind, but now, more than ever, that is exactly what we must do. Future generations are counting on us.”

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47. “Prose pretends to be straightforward in its application to the truth, but truth itself is a dissembler. Poetry, much more honest, knows the deception can’t be overcome.”

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48. “There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.”

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49. “Orwell couldn’t see that Big Brother would not be The State, but The Corporation.”

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50. “When you trace your genealogy, you find connections to many of the people and events that shaped history. History is not the story of some old irrelevant strangers. No. History is your story. Your family was there – your grandmothers and grandfathers, uncles and aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces. If not for them, you wouldn’t even be here.”

— Laurence Overmire