Our Lives Quotes

The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be answered, and yet prove unanswerable.

Organize priorities so that God is first in our lives.

[Pope Francis] has reminded us that the way we live our lives is the most important expression of our Catholic identity.

I guess we all have some sort of Rubicon that we haven't crossed in our lives and we've thought about for who knows how long. And for me, it's writing.

I've always followed politics, and I think politics is everybody's business because we're electing someone who's going to be making important decisions that will affect all of our lives.

Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.

At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but in what we agree with them.

Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.

Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the most meddled with by other people.

Our lives fade behind us before we die.

Passion is temporary. It doesn't last long. Love is enduring. And that's the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it would be much happier.

We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.

Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year's Day, is a time of reflection and resolution.

I know why there must be opposition in all things. Adversity, if handled correctly, can be a blessing in our lives. We can learn to love it.

Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of our lives.

We all want somebody to come in and save the day and change our lives for the better.

The more we're doing to ensure we're following our joy and passion, that's when we really start to put the gas in our lives.

So far as we live and strive at all, our lives are various, are needed for the whole, and are unique.

Much in our lives is chance.

At all crucial moments in our lives we want to speak without knowing what to say.

Food is not the problem. It's what we do with food that becomes the problem. That's why we need to learn to keep everything in our lives - especially our eating - in proper balance.

As we regularly spend time reading God's Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.

We all need God's power in our lives, and prayer is the dynamic that releases His power, sometimes in dramatic ways.

There are times when God leaves huge question marks as tools in our lives to stretch our our faith.

It's impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

Apologies are the art of spiritual housekeeping. They help to put and keep our lives in order.

When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfil our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those around us believed, that the dream was beyond our reach.

No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.

When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.

Did we risk our lives to defend a just society, where guilt must be proven and not assumed? Or are we no better than the oppressive kings from whom our fathers fled?

We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives.

I am continually trying to find meaning in the world. If we cannot find some ultimate significance or value in our lives, we fall very easily into despair.

It was obvious that computers were going to become more a part of our lives, and they will continue to unless something dramatic happens to change that.

Numbers are really fascinating things, and they do play a big part in our lives. They are a language of their own.

I love to cook; I cook every day. Chicken features a lot in our lives.

Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel and deceitful intentions - in an unreal world.

God does have a specific plan for our lives, but it is not one that He expects us to figure out before we make a decision.

It's too bad we only had the courage to live our lives fully in dreams.

I'm not a fan of the selfie. I think it's at the heart of the narcissism that social media brings into our lives.

Do Americans want the government to micromanage every aspect of our lives? President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't.

All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That's the way we go through our lives. Everybody.

Between my husband, my son and I, we'll always have a bit of both in our lives. We need a bit of both because the cities are so different, and we have that luxury. We're really lucky

In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities.

During our lives...we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and to have a little hope.

My brother and I grew up in a musical family. We have an older sister who sings and plays the piano. Our dad is a musician. Music was always a part of our lives.

Many of us carry memories of an influential teacher who may scarcely know we existed, yet who said something at just the right time in our lives to snap a whole world into focus.