Top 100 Quotes About Not Meant To Be
#1. Children are not meant to be studied, but enjoyed. Only by studying to be pleased do we understand them.
Wilfred Owen
#2. I say again, you must feel you are freed. It's not right for you to go on as you are. It's not like you. You're a different person. Don't answer. It's not meant to be answered. But it's like the gleaming of stars in a well. And no explanation.
Tarjei Vesaas
#3. Your life is not meant to be lived in a way to satisfy someone's expectation out of you! Live your life in your own way.
Avijeet Das
#4. Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.
Joan D. Chittister
#5. Animals are our inferior brothers and sisters. They are not meant to be eaten, but must be treated with love.
Dharma Mittra
#6. Some things are not meant to be, Leighton Atwood had said the night before. But if they were not meant to be, then why did the forces of destiny keep bringing them together?
Sherry Thomas
#7. Life's not meant to be spent in a cubical
Blair Redd
#8. There have been people in my life who meant me well, taught me valuable lessons, and others who have meant me ill and have given me ample notification that my world is not meant to be all peaches and cream.
Maya Angelou
#9. Well I talk a little about that, but I don't admit that from the beginning I knew we were not meant to be together.
Jodi Picoult
#10. My happiness is nothing to him," she said. "Only his books! He has made me like a book. I am not meant to be taken, and touched, and liked. I am meant to keep here, in dim light, forever!
Sarah Waters
#11. Sometimes pain and illness are not meant to be removed. You can't second-guess God. Rather than praying for it to go away, it's often wiser to pray that you learn as much from it as you possibly can.
Stephen Levine
#12. People," she sneered, "were not meant to be as happy as you make them."
...
"People were meant to be as happy as you make them.
Jimmy Buffett
#13. Life is not meant to be easy. But it can be simple.
Tony Curl
#14. It's not the nineteenth century; I'm not meant to be judged on how good a housekeeper I am. Getting down on the floor with a lemon and a bucket of vinegar does not make me a better person.
Emily Matchar
#15. Some things don't need to be mended.
Some things are not meant to be mended. Some things are not for you to mend.
Merrie Haskell
#16. The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.
John F. Kennedy
#17. We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole
Jane Fonda
#18. I don't know anybody that has a teenage son or daughter who at some point hasn't been like, 'God, I hate them' just under their breath. It's not meant to be literal. It's funny.
Jaime Pressly
#19. Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.
Roger Moore
#20. I bet a lot of couples have wondered, if they'd met under different circumstances, perhaps they would've taken a different path and never ended up together. And in a way, you got that opportunity. You chose me twice. If that's not meant to be, then I don't know what is.
Jenn Bennett
#21. We are not meant to be perpetually solemn: We must play.
C.S. Lewis
#22. We are not meant to be seen as God's perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace.
Oswald Chambers
#23. Life is not meant to be lived on the sidelines or the edge of the pool. It is meant to be embraced, inhaled, and devoured. It is meant to be tasted, chewed and swallowed, savoring each and every experience as if it were the most delicious delicacy ever eaten.
Monica E. Tunnell
#24. Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
George Bernard Shaw
#25. I have a theory about soul mates
that God wants to be our sweetheart. And once we fall in love with life and have an intimate relationship with Spirit, that's when we meet our soul mate. It's as if God says, 'You're not meant to be alone on this earth. I just wanted you to love me first.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#27. Drills are not meant to be treated as if distance matters. Instead, take time to correctly establish good patterns and habits while muscle memory to kick in.
Matt Vincent
#28. Prayer is not meant to be a burden or used as a badge of holiness. Instead, it is a gift of God that when used properly should yield great victory in our lives.
Paul Silway
#30. Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross.
Francis Schaeffer
#31. One does tend to assume that life must be far easier for others than it ever is for oneself," he said. "I suspect it rarely is. I daresay life was not meant to be easy.
Mary Balogh
#32. Not everything is black and white. There are some things that are not meant to be proven logically, they just are. They have existed long before us and will continue to do do long after we leave this earth.
Kira Saito
#33. The challenges we face in life are not meant to be some sort of punishment; rather, they are an invitation to change - and an opportunity to create something even better than before.
Sam Cawthorn
#34. The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God Himself.
Aiden Wilson Tozer
#36. The human mind is not meant to be governed, certainly not by any book of rules yet written; it is supposed to run itself, and we are obliged to follow it along, trying to keep up with it as best we can.
Lewis Thomas
#37. I'm a Miami girl. I'm not meant to be in anything under eighty degrees, ever. Shut
Hannah Moskowitz
#38. Life is not meant to be an open-book test.
Alyson Noel
#39. There is already enough wars in this world. Love was not meant to be one of them, Save the ammunition.
Cody Solomon
#40. Maybe this is blasphemy to say, but I feel like music is not meant to be something that earning your keep depends on because it cheapens it and it will force you into making decisions in the interest of earning your keep, as opposed to the interest of the thing itself.
John Maus
#41. Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us.
Julia Cameron
#44. For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion.
Dweezil Zappa
#45. Monsters were supposed to be scary and ugly. They weren't supposed to hide behind friendly smiles and well-trimmed hair. Goodness, twisted as it might be, was not meant to be locked away in an icy heart and anxious exterior.
Kerri Maniscalco
#46. I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.
Christian Bale
#47. I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings.
Tupac Shakur
#48. Your darkest moments are not meant to be swept under the carpet, hidden from the world in the silent pursuit of perfection. The darkness you've overcome is your ticket into leadership. It's what you're meant to light up in the world.
Vironika Tugaleva
#50. If I didn't get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn't significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn't want to be a struggling actor at 36 with five kids, doing something I hated. You see the story so much. It's such a vicious business to be in when you're not meant to be in it.
Jessica Alba
#51. Someone has to make clear to us that homes are not meant to be lived in - but only to be moved out from.
Richard Rohr
#52. Church is not meant to be fun. It's meant to be formative.
Matt Chandler
#54. Deconstruction is not meant to be a soft sighing for the future, but a way of deciding now and being impassioned in a moment.
John D. Caputo
#55. Old age is not meant to be survived alone," Man Rapadou said, her voice trailing with her own hidden thoughts. "Death should come gently, slowly, like a man's hand approaching your body. There can be joy in impatience if there is time to find the joy.
Edwidge Danticat
#56. Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.
Eddie Murphy
#57. People are not meant to be alone, as the word itself is made of two syllables.
Kimberlee Colon
#58. Some things are not meant to be kept forever ... You know you have to stop and let go when things aren't going right, and everything you do is unappreciated. Remember what batman said? 'it is wiser to be alone but happy ... than with somebody who does nothing while you're doing everything ... '
Noemie Lenoir
#59. Part of me always longed to do just one more film and see what Luke would be like now that he's on the level of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the student having become the master. But it was not meant to be.
Mark Hamill
#60. Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair.
Mario Cuomo
#61. The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.
Ilana Mercer
#62. We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
Jane Fonda
#63. The seasons of life are not meant to be frenetic, just full. Blessed is the woman who knows her own limits.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#64. We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.
Barbara Brown Taylor
#65. A recipe is not meant to be followed exactly - it is a canvas on which you can embroider.
Roger Verge
#66. An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
Naguib Mahfouz
#67. We, as human beings, were not meant to be defeated
Anonymous
#68. I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.
Carson McCullers
#69. We're not meant to be alone. We're made with holes inside our souls. The only way to survive is to fill them.
Ella James
#70. My soul was not meant to be in a cage. Not then, and not now.
-Alina Chase
Megan Miranda
#72. My paintings are not meant to be tasted.
Max Ernst
#73. Man is not meant to be humble, he's meant to be humbled.
Mike Tyson
#74. Do not try to be pretty. You were not meant to be pretty; you were meant to burn down the earth and graffiti the sky. Don't let anyone ever simplify you to just 'pretty'.
Anonymous
#75. It is true that no one can save you, no one but yourself. And sometimes ... even you cannot save you, no matter how much you wish it was untrue. Sadly, some things are not meant to be saved.
Lindy Zart
#76. The snapshots in CHINA: Portrait of a People are not meant to be works of art. I was too preoccupied with participating, with reveling in the moment, to worry about their perfection. Their purpose, then, is to form a candid portrait of China exactly as China presented itself to me.
Tom Carter
#77. It's very hard to live in an environment where you're reminded, constantly told that your existence just happens to be here ... That you are not meant to be here.
Kangana Ranaut
#78. It's called 'The Outlaw Album,' not 'The Ozarks Album.' These are stories that delve into different kinds of outlawry, from criminal acts to interior, or psychological, outlawry. The book is not meant to be a tapestry of the Ozarks.
Daniel Woodrell
#79. Wild animals are not meant to be owned, any more than human beings are. Nobody has the right to pass a cougar or a gorilla on from hand to hand.
Pat Derby
#80. Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.
Julia Cameron
#81. I don't say things straight into the other person's face. I kind of like to make a joke or a remark and make it digestible or just give a little comment that voices my concern, but is not meant to be a critique, but just a comment so that he understands that I am thinking.
Christoph Waltz
#82. You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
Terry Pratchett
#83. Life on Earth is fleeting. It's a gift, but when God wants you, He will take you. It's not meant to be a punishment
Cricket Hunt
Fisher Amelie
#84. IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT /MEANT/ TO BE SAFE.
Terry Pratchett
#85. Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together.
Scott Neustadter
#86. Some questions are not meant to be asked as long as the answers are right.
Judith Krantz
#87. Nothing can save something that is not meant to be, no matter how hard you try.
Bipasha Basu
#88. Being married sucked. Maybe for some people it is not meant to be.
Kid Rock
#89. Music is powerful. It sets the mind and body and soul free in a way that I've need fully been able to understand. Maybe because it's not meant to be understood. It's simply meant to be experienced.
Jacqueline E. Smith
#91. God is the one that's ultimately in control of everything. You can't try to change things when they're not meant to be changed.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
#92. My desire to fight comes from within ... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.
Cat Zingano
#93. Life is not meant to be easy, child. That is why we pray for God's strength to help us bear it.
Patricia Davids
#94. Knowledge was not meant to be locked behind doors. It breathes best in the open air where all men can inhale its essence.
Louis L'Amour
#95. Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.
Shannon L. Alder
#96. Any Arthurian enthusiast who has watched 'Merlin' has probably concluded that it's not accurate whatsoever - but, it's not meant to be. It's not meant to be a true telling. It's in a fantasy setting, it's really concentrating on the fantasy element.
Colin Morgan
#97. And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that's all there, but it's not meant to be shocking or telltale.
Kim Novak
#98. When you truly love someone, his/her weaknesses are not meant to be discussed with other people, they are meant to be understood by you.
Olaotan Fawehinmi
#99. I've never woken to another's body in the same bed, not since I was a child. There is something about it that makes waking up alone seem unnatural. Man is not meant to be alone, yet men like us (or maybe men like me) appear to be lonelier than others.
Aleksandr Voinov
#100. You're not meant to be alone. You're meant to be with me.
Raine Miller
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