Quotes about life
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.
Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.