Quotes about life
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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.
If four things are followed — having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance — then anything can be achieved.
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
I'd like to believe that tomorrow is another challenge for me. I'm sure there is lots more for me to do, because there is lots and lots of stuff still to be explored.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
Every single thing that you learn really just gives you more comfort. It's something I counsel kids all the time: if someone is willing to teach you something for free, take them up on it. Do it. Every single time. All it does is make you more likely to be able to succeed. And it's kind of a nice way to go through life.
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
When you read about the lives of other people, people of different circumstances or similar circumstances, you are part of their lives for that moment. You inhabit their lives, and you feel what they're feeling, and that is compassion. If we see that reading does allow us that, we see how absolutely essential reading is.
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