Quotes about life
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When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along".
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
The funniest memory that I can recall about my school days has to be one incident that involved unfinished homework for numerous days. I didn't do any of my homework for days and days at a stretch, and kept stalling my teacher that I was extremely unwell and was under heavy medication.
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.
She will be successful who is easy to start and hard to stop.
Our lives improve only when we take chances — and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Some of our finest work comes through service to others.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
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