Quotes about life
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
I think it's important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities — brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.