Quotes about life
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Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up.
Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
You don't want to have any negativity in your life. Continue to push. Continue to be patient. And when your time comes, then you've got to do everything you can, that's all.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great parts.
In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary.
Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.