My Life Quotes
Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.
If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.
People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.
It's a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline you will be amazed at how much progress you'll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past?
In those times we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.
Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.
They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.
I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future
I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.
Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.
Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.
As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.
To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.
Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully
Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments.
Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.
You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.
Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.
When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again.
You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.
we are the living links in a life force that moves and plays around and through us, binding the deepest soils with the farthest stars.
The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It's other people. It's relationships. It's experience.
In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm.
I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.
