Quotes about life
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Political correctness is tyranny with manners.
I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when I am standing up.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.
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.
My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.
New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.