What are your favorite words of wisdom from a musical?- Page 2

[GertrudeMcFuzz]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 1:43pm

From Sunday in the Park with George:

"It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do."

Words to live by.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 1:46pm

More from SUNDAY:

I chose, and my world was shaken--so what?
The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not.
You have to move on.

[tellybox]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 1:51pm

"Sometimes people leave you,
Halfway through the woods.
Never let it grieve you,
No one leaves for good."

Pretty much anything from Into the Woods.

[zamedy]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 2:14pm

"You can't stop my happiness 'cause I LIKE the way I am.
And you just can't stop my knife and fork when I see, a Christmas ham.
So if you don't like the way I look well, I just don't give a damn...!" -Edna, 'You Can't Stop the Beat' - HAIRSPRAY.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 2:18pm

Love all of the suggestions so far!

Also:

Oh, it's time to start livin'
Time to take a little from this world we're given
Time to take time, cause spring will turn to fall
In just no time at all....

- Pippin

[LiveUnscripted]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 2:19pm

What doesn't kill me doesn't kill me. -Next to Normal

[tamra2]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 2:27pm

Henry in next to normal:

Sometimes life isn't sane
But crazy I know I can do
Cause crazy is perfect
And ****ed up is perfect
So I will be perfect

just substitute a less colorful word for ****ed :)

[BroadwayNorth2]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 3:18pm

From "Everybody Says Don't" - Anyone Can Whistle:

"Everybody says don't,
Everybody says can't,
Everybody says wait around for miracles,
That's the way the world is made!
I insist on
Miracles, if YOU do them,
Miracles - nothing to them!
I say don't,
Don't be afraid!"

Updated On: 1/7/11 at 03:18 PM

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 3:58pm

"I won't fail so you can be comfortable, Cathy. I will not lose because you can't win."
"if I didn't believe in you, and all of the ten thousand women you are"
"Trip us or trap us, but we refuse to fall"

L5Y

[futurebwaytechie]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 4:16pm

Nothing lasts,
Life goes on,
Full of surprises.
You'll be faced with problems of all shapes and sizes.
You're going to have to make a few compromises...
For now

Don't stress,
Relax,
Let life roll off your backs
Except for death and paying taxes,
Everything in life is only for now!
----Avenue Q "For Now"

It's time now to sing out,
the story never ends let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
---Rent "Seasons of Love"

and all shall know the wonder
of purple summer...
---Spring Awakening "Song of Purple Summer"

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 4:28pm

Boobs and butt won't get you jobs, unless they're yours.

Oops, scratch that. I see you said it has to be relevant for all ages. Senior citizens wouldn't need this wisdom.

[jacobp]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 4:37pm

Living well is the best revenge- Merrily We Roll Along.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 5:37pm

"There is not one of you who cannot win the Kingdom -- the slow, the suffering, the quick, the dead." -- Jesus Christ Superstar

[Mark_E]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 5:41pm

If you reach for the stars all you get are the stars. If you reach for the heavens you get the stars thrown in.

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 5:52pm

Possibly on the inappropriate side, but

"Start by admitting from cradle to tomb isn't that long a stay."
-Cabaret

That song (the title song of the musical), if taken out of context, has some good messages.

[BroadwayNorth2]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 6:22pm

I think this one from Assassins ought to be taken out of context:

"Everybody's
Got the right
To be happy.
Don't stay mad,
Life's not as bad
As it seems.
If you keep your
Goal in sight,
You can climb to
Any height.
Everybody's
Got the right
To their dreams..."

[Chicagofan]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 8:47pm

I'm thankful for everyday that I'm given,
both the easy and hard ones I'm livin'.

The Color Purple

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 8:50pm

"Good riddance to bad rubbish"--GYPSY

[PattyO'Furniture]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 9:38pm

"Careful the tale you tell; that is the spell."

-ITW

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 10:19pm

"Paciencia y Fe" - In the Heights

[Scott Briefer]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 10:21pm

Men our stupid. Men are vain.
Love's disgusting. Love's insane.

[JillianSch]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 10:26pm

"except for death and paying taxes everything in life, is only for now" ave Q

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 10:33pm

"My lands only borders lie around my heart" - CHESS, although only if you are some sort of fugitive.

[Kad]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 11:00pm

When all chase after happiness,
Happiness comes in last.
- The Threepenny Opera (1976 revival)

[goldenboy]

Posted: 1/8/11 at 2:54am

Life is what you do while you're waiting to die. That is how the time goes by.
Kander and Ebb ... Zorba

Life's a party, why don't you come to the Steel Pier.
Kander and Ebb Steel Pier.

What good is sitting alone in your room, come to the cabaret,
Life is a Cabaret, old chum.. Come to the cabaret.
Kander and Ebb Cabaret