This Life Quotes

The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.

Children make you want to start life over.

How to measure a life's worth? The important thing, said Paloma one day, is not the fact of dying, it is what you are doing in the moment of your death.

I went from one state of life to another state of life by obeying, understanding, and applying the principles that are laid down in the Bible.

Your imagination comes to life, and this, you think, is where Creation was begun.

Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.

Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place– a single book written from different stages of your ability.

He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.

One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.

A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit like mixing a salade. (I am better at room than salads).

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.

Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.

Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

Gymnastics has given me everything in my life. I will continue to stay involved and try to give back to the sport that has given me so much.

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

If you listen to your soul you will know what is "best" for you, because what is best for you is what is true for you.

You cannot make a mistake, you can only make a decision that will be your next best step.

Life is a continual flow of events, streaming in from the universal stream of consciousness in such a way that it exactly matches our own stream of consciousness.

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring - that delicious commingling of the perfume of arbutus, the odor of pines, and the snow - soaked soil just warming into life.

Our own life has to be our message.

Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life.

Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say "Long live impermanence!"

You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

How lucky my life is that I have two arms, and two legs, and ten fingers with which to make things out of wood.

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It's inside you - if you listen to it, you can play it.

Even though photographers are only shooting the outside, beauty is more about who you are as a person - the life you lead - not your facade.

Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out their conscience, thus helping bring the collective conscience to life.

Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

There is nothing in life so difficult that it cannot be overcome. This faith can move mountains. It can change people. It can change the world. You can survive all the great storms in your life

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.

My priority, the most important thing in my life is my family, my wife and my son.

I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents.

I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.

As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.

Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.

The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness.

Don't let anyone or anything rob you of the beauty and meaning at the heart of life. It's your birthright gift.

I dabbled in verse and it became my life

There comes a time in every man's life when he needs his own toilet.

How you die out in me: down to the last worn-out knot of breath you're there, with a splinter of life.