Quotes about life
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Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Life is all about having a good time.
There is nothing permanent except change.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.
You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.
Time is long but life is short.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space for a long spell before I learned.
Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day — as long as you treat it that way.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can walk it, and no one else can understand it.
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