Quotes about life
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History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be.
Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.
The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
I believe that anyone can be what they want to be; it just comes down to hard work.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding.
Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.
Life experience brings out different emotions and different perspectives on things. I just want to be constantly evolving.
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.
Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.