Quotes about life
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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.
Of all the creatures that were made, man is the most detestable. Of the entire brood he is the only one - the solitary one - that possesses malice. That is the basest of all instincts, passions, vices - the most hateful. He is the only creature that has pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. Also - in all the list he is the only creature that has a nasty mind.
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.
You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Life's too short to just breeze on by.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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