On Life Quotes

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All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces.

When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do.

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.

I found that whatever interested me in life, I could pretty much pick up the phone, call somebody, and all of a sudden be in the middle of it.

American Lives Are Not More Important Than Other People's Lives

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" [of Bob Dylan] captures, in word-salad format, life in an encroaching police state.

It's easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.

When you are in high school, you don't give much thought to what you can't do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.

Only Once In Your Life

All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'

Life can be absolutely phenomenal, and it should be, and it will be, when you start using the secret.

You can change your health, you can change your relationships, you can change your income, you can change anything.

That is the good stuff that comes into our life and it's based on the good stuff that goes out of our life!

I'm constantly searching for ways to do better because I believe life is an evolution. It's not about reaching an end goal and hanging up your hat...It's about continually growing.

I've been myself my whole life.

A life whose beginning we do not remember, and whose end we do not know.

In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.

If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.

André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer: an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people, and about life, and a precise sense of form.

In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments.

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.

I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.

I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments, gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith.

Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust

Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.

God is the Creator and the Giver of life, and the life that He gives does not run dry.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.

I have no imagination; I just steal from life and change the color. Then it's a comic book.

If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it'll be Kallis or Dravid.

Live life today and deal with tomorrow when it comes!

The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like looking in a mirror and not recognising myself.

The greatest treasures of your life are associated with the people you love and who love you in return.

Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.

Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

If you've been told all your life that you're good-looking, people just flock around you and you never really have to try or have to learn an interesting craft, skill or hobby - or even have depth.

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.

There are enough tears in any child's life; we certainly don't need to add to them in the name of entertainment.

If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'

I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big.

You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.

The ideas and principles of democracy should not be limited to politics, but must pervade all areas of social life.

It is glorious to become a learner again at my time of life.