Retweeting Great Quotes on Twitter for Both Inspiration and Followers

Recently I published a piece in which I spoke of using social networks as a means of gaining a bigger following for your work. Promote Your Content Through Social Networking talks about how being an active participant on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, can work to build your own social network and thereby gain more page views for your online articles. One simple and easy method of interacting and gaining followers to your Twitter account is through a method known as "retweeting."

"Retweeting," simply put, is reposting something another member posts to your own Twitter feed. As I peruse my wall of tweets of the Twitterers that I follow, I often retweet posts that are of interest to me. It's easy enough to do, and oftentimes I find that soon after I retweet some good tweets I gain a new follower or two. This is especially true of the retweeting of quotes.

Twitter is full of members who often post quotable quotes on all kinds of topics and whenever I see one that I fancy, I almost always retweet it. In what I hope to be a continuing feature here, I hereby share some of my favorite quotes from Twitter:

Not too long ago, I went through a tough breakup. It was the first real hurt I'd experienced since my relationship with Jay ended almost four years ago. Every once in awhile I can't help but still smart a little, and I've found the following quotes to be helpful:

"Once you have feelings for someone, those feelings will always be there. You may not like them anymore, but you still care."

"Everyone comes into your life for a reason; some good, some bad. They shape, form and break us. But in the end they make us who we are."

"Being single doesn't necessarily mean you're available. Sometimes you have to put up a sign that says, "Do Not Disturb" on your heart."

"Sometimes you have to act like you don't care even when you do care, a lot."

"Three things you can't recover in life: the WORD after it's said, the MOMENT after it's missed, and the TIME after its gone."

"The hardest part of ending is starting again."

"You never fall out of love ...you just learn to live without them."

"I'm never shocked when people let me down nowadays. I just hate the fact that I put myself in a position to be let down in the first place."

"Never live your life to please other people you just end up getting hurt in the end."

"You miss me, but you're not doing anything about it. Sounds convincing!"

"Yes, I'm single, but you're gonna have to be amazing to change that."

"Forgiving is not forgetting. It's letting go of the hurt."

"Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician."

"The moment someone tells you, you're not good enough, that's the moment you know you are better than them."

Then there are quotes that directly relate to several of the Keys of Life I've been writing about. For example:

Key #1 '" Live in the Present

"The only reason why people hold onto memories, is cause memories are the only things that don`t change when everything else does."

"Don't cry over the past, it's gone. Don't stress about the future, it hasn't arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful."

"You can't stop the future, you can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret is to press play."

Key#2 '" Age Gracefully

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."

Key#3 '" Cultivate Friendships

"I guess I just have to accept the fact that you aren't the person that I once knew. And that we aren't the best friends we once were."

"One of the best feelings in the world is when you're hugging someone you love, and they hug you back even tighter."

"A lot of people are wolves in lambs clothing (frenemies). Choose your entourage wisely & only keep around the people who really care & love you."

Key#5 '" Take Chances

"Be who you want to be, not what others want to see."

"Take the risk because you just don't know until you try."

"You shouldn't give up. Fight for yourself and who you are. You've got to go through the worst times in life to get the best."

"Never be afraid to try something new because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already knew."

"I never regret it when I do it, but I always regret it when I don't."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

"When the world says "give up", hope whispers "one more time."

Key#6 '" Take Care of Yourself

"If you're not sick, you are blessed."

Key#7 '" Stop Blaming Everyone Else

"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - J. K. Rowling

Key#8 '" Expect Bliss

"Just because a person smiles all the time, doesn't mean their life is perfect. That smile is a symbol of hope & strength."

"Sorry hun, but unlike you, I'm not a doorknob where everyone gets a turn. I'm more of a casino where only the lucky ones hit the jackpot."

"Seek no one's approval, your life doesn't depend on others acceptance."

Key#10 '" Don't Be a Hater

"It's a great day to start making someone else feel like they are somebody. A smile and a kind word can do wonders for someone."

"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian. if you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you." '" Eminem

Here are a couple of random quotes that I just found to be amusing:

"I miss when MTV really was MUSIC television. Not "Let me show you how to get drunk, do drugs, and get pregnant."

"Lottery - A tax on people who are bad at math."

I hope you've enjoyed some of these quality quotes and they've inspired you in your daily lives as they inspire me. Remember, being a member of Twitter is a good way to gain followers for your work, and there are plenty of great quotes to inspire, retweet, and help build your network all at the same time.

A special thanks goes out to the following Twitterers for sharing these quotes that I've found useful: iTotallyRelate, WiseWordzDaily, Morning voices, Alwaysdtruth, iRandomQuotes, It'samberbabe, iThinkthatway, StevieBTheTruth, iTwitQuotes, Iloveyerface, OMGloveislouder, Georg_Grey, Motivationlive, iGetCOOKIWasted, LindaZeno, InflictTheTruth, and AngelinaMeliana. If you're a member of Twitter and you've found any of these quotes useful, I highly recommend you look these folks up and follow them.