Douglas Horton Quotes


"Boring people are a reflection of boring people."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: People, Reflection)

"Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Act, Being, Selfishness, Value)

"There is no bad in good."
- Douglas Horton
"Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Perfection, Skill)

"Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Forget, Will)

"Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Choice, Light)

"Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Eye, Smile)

"Smile, it's free therapy."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Smile, Therapy)

"The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Art, Complexity, Simplicity)

"Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Beauty, Ugliness)

"The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Love, Thoughts, Lust, Romantic)

"Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others."
- Douglas Horton
"Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Thoughts, Deeds, Thinking)

"Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Thought, Action)

"Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Thoughts, Deeds, Heaven, Words)

"To awake from death is to die in peace."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Death, Peace)

"If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Horses, Wishes)

"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
(Related: Love)

"The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Heaven, Key)

"Growing old is not growing up."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Growing up, Old)

"Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Change)

"Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Conscience, Evil, Spirit)

"Death is feared as birth is forgotten."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Death)

"Death is the final wake-up call."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Death)

"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Attention, Chance, Desperation, Wrong)

"Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery."
- Douglas Horton
"No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys."
- Douglas Horton
"Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Ideas)

"Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Materialism)

"Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Happiness, Past, Present)

"He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others."
- Douglas Horton
"If food were free, why work?"
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Food, Work)

"If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?"
- Douglas Horton
(Related: First, Heaven, Hell)

"Love is a given, hatred is acquired."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Love, Hatred)

"Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Love, Eyes, Hatred, Hearing, Nothing)

"First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Time, Economics, First)

"When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Running)

"While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Revenge)

"We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Life, Hope, Behavior)

"To hit bottom is to fall from grace."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Grace)

"To buy happiness is to sell soul."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Happiness, Soul)

"When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something."
- Douglas Horton
"Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Abuse, Friends, Man, Will)

"Action cures fear, inaction creates terror."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Fear, Action, Inaction, Terror)

"Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Age, Time)

"As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven."
- Douglas Horton
(Related: Death, Freedom, Heaven, Open)

"Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket."
- Douglas Horton