Quotes about life
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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This loneliness is different from being 'alone': You can be lonely even surrounded by people. The feeling I'm talking about stems from the sense that we can never fully share the truth of who we are. I experienced this acutely at an early age.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.