Celebrate the Life of John Lennon With These Inspiring Quotes "Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow." "Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life." "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." "There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be..." "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life." "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." "Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away."