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.
Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have — life itself.
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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.
My goal in my career is to inspire people, is to get my music out there and have people enjoy it, and have people think of me as an inspirational artist.
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
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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