This Life Quotes

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

I love life because what more is there?

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.

A person who has never owned a dog has missed a wonderful part of life.

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

Life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life.

An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.

Dressing is a way of life.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

If you want to know what's Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.

Let all of life be an unfettered howl. Like the crowd greeting the gladiator. Don't stop to think, don't interrupt the scream, exhale, release life's rapture.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life.

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

My whole life is a dark room. One big dark room.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.

My code of life and my personal bushido is honour, respect, loyalty, courage and surrender.

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.

What is a champion but a guy that didn't quit?... Life is a continuous experience. You only fail by not learning.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others.

Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food.

O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

In life, it's not where you go, it's who you travel with.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence.

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

How easy it is to blame others for our unhappiness, but we are only unhappy when something other than Christ has become our life.

My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.