The Life Quotes
Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.
I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.
So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.
Grandmothers are to life what the Ph.D. is to education. There is nothing you can feel, taste, expect, predict, or want that the grandmothers in your family do not know about in detail.
Turn off any self-talk that tells you that you are destined to live a small life. You're not.
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
You have to make difficult choices in your life, and you just have to be happy with them.
We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.
Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect
Life comes from death. To the degree that I can live in the death of Jesus - to that degree I can channel God's life to others.
A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares.
Wise elders will likely be those individuals who stay both mentally and physically vital throughout life.
There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.
Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.
Here the people seem to possess the secret of tranquility and to live lives of more than surface contentment.
As your understanding of life continues to grow, you can walk upon this planet safe and secure, always moving forward toward your greater good.
The Universe totally supports every thought I choose to think and to believe. I have unlimited choices about what I think. I choose balance, harmony, and peace, and I express it in my life.
We're all - all of us - a minute away from dying. If you're aware of that, life becomes a little more precious. Also, you have a slightly different outlook. It's not so much "gimme, gimme."
Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, 'What kind of thoughts am I having that create this?'
Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.
When I talk about doing affirmations, I mean consciously choosing words that will either help eliminate something from your life or help create something new in your life.
The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life.
Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.
The most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without.
This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows.
The secret of living is to find a pivot, the pivot of a concept on which you can make your stand.
The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.
In every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.
You are the only one who can make it happen for you. Others can support and encourage you, but you have to find the energy within in order to step into the center of your own life and take charge.
It's incredible how the human body is. That it could do so much. That it can go beyond the everydayness of life; That it can be extraordinary and powerful, and harbor a spirit of hope and pure will.
Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God's power.
If I'm going to call myself a person of faith, I need to be willing to live a life that actually requires faith.
Blessed with some success, so I'mma try my best to live my life right. When I see God, he'll be impressed.
Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people.
Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.
I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
