Life Quotes - 98 quotes

Life is the ongoing process of living, growing, and experiencing the world. Each moment, whether joyful or challenging, teaches us something new and helps us grow. As we navigate through different phases of life, we develop our character, skills, and understanding of ourselves as well as the world ... show more

 BBC Interviewer (Peter France): I think that one overwhelming reason why your work is so popular here in England where very largely we think of ourselves as being a post-Christian society is that um, here's a man who really knows how terrible life is. Are you happy to be looked at in that way? Charles Schulz: Yes. But we must admit that I'm talking only about the minor everyday problems in life. Leo Tolstoy dealt with the major problems of the world. I'm only dealing with, um, why we all have the feeling that people don't like us. This is Charlie Brown's problem.
- Charles M. Schulz
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 A cartoonist is a lot like Lucy's psychiatric stand. She said once that she only points out the problems. She doesn't try to solve them. And I think that's what a cartoonist does.
- Charles M. Schulz
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 I like to think that I point out some solutions now and then. I suppose one of the solutions is, as Charlie Brown, just to keep on trying. He never gives up. And if anyone should give up, he should.
- Charles M. Schulz
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 You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road, will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference.
- Steve Jobs
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 Sometimes life's gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love.
- Steve Jobs
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 When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right". It made an impression on me. And since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has be no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
- Steve Jobs
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 Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment of failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
- Steve Jobs
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 Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
- Steve Jobs
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 No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
- Steve Jobs
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 Right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true. Your time is limited. So don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
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 Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
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 Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
- Steve Jobs
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 Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking, just as the man who spends too much time in the theaters is apt to be content with living vicariously instead of living his own life.

- Albert Einstein

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 Everything that the human race has done and thought is concerned with the satisfaction of deeply felt needs and the assuagement of pain.

- Albert Einstein

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 Although I live in a city where people have stopped leaving and hoping, I cannot stop to dream for the endless possibilities and beauties that this world has to offer.

- Alexis - Nomad Cyclists

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 At one point Asher sagely brought up "You know, this hike is kind of like life. It might be harder than you thought it would be, but it is worth it."

- Asher Uffenorde

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 If we found a human embryo on another planet, the headlines would rightly scream, 'Human Life Found On Mars.

- Ben Shapiro

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 Human life is a continuous process of growth, from the moment of fertilization onward. Abortion is the killing of this human life. The later the abortion takes place, the more brutal the procedure, but no matter the brutality of the procedure, it is obvious that abortion is not some mere optional surgery to be performed for convenience. And it’s even more obvious that those who want to protect the lives of the unborn aren’t trying to control women’s bodies.

- Ben Shapiro

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 Those who cherish abortion are trying to control and dismember the bodies of the unborn. Think about that next time you see a radical feminist in a Handmaid's Tale outfit suggesting that you’d better respect her right to carve apart an unborn baby in the womb or you’re some sort of fascist.

- Ben Shapiro

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 "When you look at someone through rose-coloured glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."

- Bojack Horseman

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 And it must needs be that the devil should tempt the children of men, or they could not be agents unto themselves."

- Doctrine and Covenants

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 To be happy at work, as in life, we need to feel in control: that we choose and own our jobs, instead of them owning us. The fastest way to this kind of job satisfaction is good cultural fit: congruence between our goals, values, and personality, and those of the organization we work for.

- Dr. Kerry L. Schofield

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 Life is filled with absurdities. ~ Lord Vanion, Preceptor of the Pandion Knights

- Eddings, David

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 That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet.

- Emily Dickinson

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 There (are) more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors. ~ Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West"

- Gregory Maguire

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 What a strange life I lead - a kind of Cinderella-Life - half glitter in crystal shoes, half mice and cinders! But it is a wonderful life all the same.

- Helen Keller

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 We differ, blind and seeing, not in the nature of our handicap, but in the understanding and idealism we put into the art of living. It is only when we put imagination and feeling behind the senses that they attain their full value.

- Helen Keller

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 The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart.

- Helen Keller

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 Many people never stop to think what life means. They hurry and scurry, they run to and fro upon the earth, exploring the paths that lead nowhere. They waste their energies in futile attempts that gain nothing. It is as if they tried to lift themselves up by their wastebands or to walk on their heads. Not until fate, or Destiny, or some other fellow knocks them out, do they learn to look within themselves for happiness.

- Helen Keller

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 It is no true optimism to declare the world is a good world when it is not. It is for us rather to insist that it shall be made good, and exert ourselves to bring it out.

- Helen Keller

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 The Sacred Dancer by Isabelle Andres She dances to the rhythms of her life, Fully attuned to the choreography of her heart, She floats in the harmonious space of her notes, Bringing to life in the spur of a moment a whole orchestra, She makes visible the invisible, Her hands write words only she can read, Her body whispers stories only she can hear, Her eyes are the gateways to emotions only she can feel, Her strength and grace reflect the divine, She awakens in those who watch her, The sacred seed of their own heart, She dances wholeheartedly, She is alive.

- Isabelle Andres

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 Few persons set out deliberately to miss the wonder and richness of living, but it is treacherously easy to do it. A postponement here, a side stepping there, a hesitant retreat - and a life may diminish behind a wall of negatives: No, I can’t; I won’t; it can never happen—and the rhetoric goes on in people’s minds, cheating them of opportunities to grow and to find joy… Life is a journey - a process of singing our songs - of finding out who we are and what we may become. We’re all born to unspecified possibilities, and the more we risk, the more we discover about ourselves...

- JoAnn Larsen

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 When I do the best I can---when I am accomplishing the greatest good, then the most evils are got up against me.

- Joseph Smith

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 We’re all on the same merry-go-round and it’s going too fast to see beyond the next horse, too fast to realize that the same paths that lead to it, can take us away. Once you’re on and the music starts, you don’t get off again. ~ The Kidnapper

- Kate Wilhelm

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 The Lordś way is not hard. Life is hard, not the Gospel. ...Life is hard for all of us, but life is also simple. We have only two choices. We can either follow the Lord and be endowed with His power and have peace, light, or joy, or we can go some other way, any other way, whatever other way, and go it alone--without His support, without His power, without guidance, in darkness, turmoil, doubt, grief, and despair. And I ask, which way is easier?

- Lawrence E. Corbridge

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 Is life worth living in the wrong form? ~ Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West) The interior doesn't change...except by self-involvement. Of which be not afraid, and also beware. ~ Princess Nastoya/Elephant goddess of the Scrow

- Maguire, Gregory

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 "I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

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 “You will one day experience joy that matches this pain. You will cry euphoric tears at the Beach Boys, you will stare down at a baby’s face as she lies asleep in your lap, you will make great friends, you will eat delicious foods you haven’t tried yet, you will be able to look at a view from a high place and not assess the likelihood of dying from falling. There are books you haven’t read yet that will enrich you, films you will watch while eating extra-large buckets of popcorn, and you will dance and laugh and have sex and go for runs by the river and have late-night conversations and laugh until it hurts. Life is waiting for you. You might be stuck here for a while, but the world isn’t going anywhere. Hang on in there if you can. Life is always worth it.”

- Matt Haig

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 My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

- Maya Angelou

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 We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

- Maya Angelou

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 Enjoy every minute of life.

- Michael Jordan

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 I just want to try everything. I want to see how good I can be, the best I can be at what I'm doing. I want to do everything. You know? I want to be in a musical. I want to do everything. I want to try and sing.

- Mike Tyson

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 God carefully scales "all these things," since we cannot bear all things now. He has told us: "Behold, ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth." (D&C 50:40.) We will not be able to say shruggingly at judgment time, "I was overcome by the world because I was overprogrammed or overtempted." For the promises are that temptation can either be escaped or endured. (1 Corinthians 10:13.) The promise is also that throughout tribulation God's grace is sufficient for us—He will see us through. (2 Corinthians 12:9; Ether 12:26-27.) Thus, for a host of reasons, correct conduct under stress is more likely when one has correct expectations about life. If we understand the basic purpose of life, we will find it easier to see purpose in our own life.

- Neal A. Maxwell

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 Evil people exist. The in-betweeners merely survive. But those who have really lived will be those who have lived righteously, because they will have lived righteously and served selflessly in a time of stunning contrasts. They will have managed to keep clean in a dirty world. And being free, they will be happy in otherwise sad times, and all their experiences will be for their good.

- Neal A. Maxwell

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 To use the supposed errors of others, including those of the Brethren, as an excuse for our lessened devotion is a most grave error! All of us are in the process of becoming—including prophets and General Authorities.

- Neal A. Maxwell

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 There are even those who refuse to follow the Brethren because these individuals have overidentified with a single doctrine, principle, or practice; sadly, they exclude all other counsel, which leads to a dangerous spiritual imbalance. The difficulty with such individuals is that they have a strange sense of justification about that which they are doing. In their intensity they lack, of course, the spiritual symmetry that comes from pursuing, in a balanced way, all the commandments of God. These individuals are so hardened in their devotion to one thing that they are unable to follow the Brethren in all things. It is as if the adversary, upon seeing someone get religious, skillfully deflects their devotion so that it becomes a damaging and not a developing thing. We are responsible for our reactions when we see imperfections in others.

- Neal A. Maxwell

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 We may, therefore, see the imperfections in leaders in the Church. How we react to these manifestations of mortality is the key to our salvation—not theirs!

- Neal A. Maxwell

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 It is strange that when one is remodeling a portion of his house, he expects visitors to be tolerant of improvements that are so obviously underway. Yet while one is remodeling his character, we often feel obligated to call attention to the messy signs of remodeling, or feel called upon to remember aloud things as they were. Forgetting is such a necessary part of forgiving.

- Neal A. Maxwell

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 I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

- Oscar Wilde

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 To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

- Oscar Wilde

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 Without an exceptional life, there is no reason to work. There is no reason to work if doing so deprives you of all of the experiences that make a up a happy and fulfilled life. The more fulfilled you are in your personal life, the more you bring your best self to your work.

- Richard McLemore

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 Instead of believing that work comes before everything else or that everything else comes before work, start with idea that you are designing an exceptional life. You want an exceptional personal life AND an exceptional work life. After all, they’re both important parts of your one life.

- Richard McLemore

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 Almost every evil springs from a preceding evil. The smallest situations find their seeds in situations that preceded them. Life, all life, is a chain. ~ Lt. Corelli

- Roth, Holly

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 Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of more invisible game. Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo. You might say, "The world outside is vast and intricate. There are wheatfields and mountain passes, and orchards in bloom. At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding." You ask the embryo why he, or she, stays cooped up in the dark with eyes closed. Listen to the answer. There is no "other world." I only know what I've experienced. You must be hallucinating.

- Rumi

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 Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

- Rumi

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 You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?

- Rumi

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 Socrates puts it in a simple way: The unexamined life is not worth living.

- Steve Paulson

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 Some may question, But what is the value of such an illustrious list of heroes, even a private Hall of Fame? I answer: When we obey as did Adam, endure as did Job, teach as did Paul, testify as did Peter, serve as did Nephi, give ourselves as did the Prophet Joseph, respond as did Ruth, honor as did Mary, and live as did Christ, we are born anew. All power becomes ours. Cast off forever is the old self, and with it defeat, despair, doubt, and disbelief. To a newness of life we come—a life of faith, hope, courage, and joy. No task looms too large. No responsibility weighs too heavily. No duty is a burden. All things become possible.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 The road back to God is not nearly so steep nor is it so difficult as some would have us believe.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 Decision is of little account unless it is followed by action.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 In a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph Smith at Kirtland, Ohio, in May of 1833, the Lord declared: "Truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come. . . . The Spirit of truth is of God. . . . He [Jesus] received a fulness of truth, yea, even of all truth; And no man receiveth a fulness unless he keepeth his commandments. He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things." (D&C 93:24, 26-28.) There is no need for you or me in this enlightened age, when the fulness of the gospel has been restored, to sail uncharted seas or travel unmarked roads in search of a "fountain of truth." For a living Heavenly Father has plotted our course and provided an unfailing map—obedience

- Thomas S. Monson

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 Such was the burden of our Savior's message, when He declared: "For all who will have a blessing at my hands shall abide the law which was appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, as were instituted from before the foundation of the world." (D&C 132:5.)

- Thomas S. Monson

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 Jesus changed men. He changed their habits, their opinions, their ambitions. He changed their tempers, their dispositions, their natures. He changed men's hearts. The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change men's lives. As He said to the dead Lazarus, so He says to you and me: "Come forth." (John 11:43.) Come forth from the despair of doubt. Come forth from the sorrow of sin. Come forth from the death of disbelief. Come forth to a newness of life. Come forth.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 We are the sons and daughters of Almighty God. We have a destiny to fulfill, a life to live, a contribution to make, a goal to achieve.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 A choice has to be made. There are no minor or insignificant decisions in our lives. Decisions determine destiny. Whether we like it or not, we are engaged in the race of our lives. At stake is eternal life—yours and mine. What will be the outcome? Will we be servants of God? Or will we be servants of sin?

- Thomas S. Monson

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 We cannot restrict our thinking to today's problems alone. We have the obligation to plan for tomorrow's opportunities. We are limited only by our thoughts and personal determination to convert these thoughts to realities. Henry Ford, the industrialist, taught us, "An educated man is not one who has trained his mind to retain a few dates in history. He is one who can accomplish things. Unless a man has learned to think, he is not an educated man, regardless of how many college degrees he has after his name."

- Thomas S. Monson

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 At times the preparation period may appear dull, uninteresting, and even unnecessary. But experience continues to demonstrate that the future belongs to those who prepare for it. And if we are to become leaders, we cannot skimp on our preparation.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.

- Tony Robbins

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 God has a plan for your life. The enemy has a plan for your life. Just be wise enough to know which one to battle and which one to embrace.

- Unknown

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 If we can survive and still be sentimental, life is a lot more fun. ~ Marta Korolev

- Vernor Vinge

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 Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

- Voltaire

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 In my work I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it that laughter is healthy; showing it that the human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.

- Walt Disney

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 Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.

- Walt Disney

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 The American child is a highly intelligent human being — characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, and has a strong sense of excitement, energy, and healthy curiosity about the world in which he lives. Lucky indeed is the grown-up who manages to carry these same characteristics into adult life. It usually makes for a happy and successful individual.

- Walt Disney

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 That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.

- Walt Disney

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 I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

- Walt Disney

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 All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts,

- William Shakespeare

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 Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

- William Shakespeare

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 There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

- Albert Einstein

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 I'm busy; but not in the way most people accept. I'm busy calming my fear and finding my courage. I'm busy listening to my kids. I'm busy getting in touch with what is real. I'm busy growing things and connecting with the natural world. I'm busy questioning my answers. I'm busy being present in my life.

- Brooke Hampton

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 Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.

- David Brooks

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 “There will be very painful moments in your life that will change your entire world in a matter of minutes. These moments will change you. Let them make you STRONGER, SMARTER, and KINDER. But don’t you go and become someone that you’re not. Cry. Scream if you have to. Then you straighten out that crown and keep moving.”

- Erin van Vuren

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 There is more to life than increaseing its speed.

- Gandhi

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 "Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself"

- George Bernard Shaw

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 We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

- H.G. Wells

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 Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

- Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī

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 Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

- Jeremy Goldberg

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 Think Like a Tree Soak up the sun Affirm life’s magic Be graceful in the wind Stand tall after a storm Feel refreshed after it rains Grow strong without notice Be prepared for each season Provide shelter to strangers Hang tough through a cold spell Emerge renewed at the first signs of spring Stay deeply rooted while reaching for the sky Be still long enough to hear your own leaves rustling.

- Karen I. Shragg

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 Everybody has a different journey.

- Kobe Bryant

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 To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

- Mark Twain

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 Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 Don't dwell on how it can go wrong, focus on how it can go right.

- Peter Douglas

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 Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

- Samuel Butler

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 So much in life depends on our ATTITUDE. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference.

- Thomas S. Monson

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 Life is a gift, accept it! Life is an adventure, dare it! Life is a mystery, unfold it! Life is a puzzle, solve it! Life is a game, play it! Life can be a struggle, face it! Life is beautiful, praise it! Life is an opportunity, take it! Life is a mission, fulfill it!

- Unknown

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 One of the best lessons you can learn in life is to master how to remain calm.

- Unknown

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 Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take - but by the moments that take our breath away.

- Unknown

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 The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

- William James

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