Quotes about life
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
It is easy for an individual to move through those insensible gradations from left to right, but the act of crossing the Floor is one which requires serious attention. I am well informed on this matter for I have accomplished that difficult process, not only once, but twice.
Don't cry over spilt milk.
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great parts.
In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary.
Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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