Quotes about life
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
Take care of your inner, spiritual beauty. That will reflect in your face.
I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was a local hero. Built the church that I went to. Built the house I grew up in. Steamfitter, pipefitter, electrician, mechanic and plumber. I wanted to do those things. But it just didn't come easy.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
When you think positive, good things happen.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
I want to be judged by who I am, not what I am. I mean, I am Johnny Weir. Judge me the way you see me, love me the way you see me, hate me the way you see me.