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.
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.
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.
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.
It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
Children make your life important.
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
