Motivational Quotes

Life

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

- Lamartine, Alphonse De

Best Quotes about Life

Life. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Bierce, Ambrose

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.

Claypool, Les

Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

Hubbard, Elbert

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

Socrates

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

Lennon, John

If we make our goal to live a life of compassion and unconditional love, then the world will indeed become a garden where all kinds of flowers can bloom and grow.

KuBler-Ross, Elisabeth

Life It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

Shakespeare, William

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

Camus, Albert

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We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.

Mccarthy, Mary

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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Aristotle

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Where there is life there is wishful thinking.

Lieberman, Gerald F.

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Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Morley, Christopher

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When we exercise self-control on a given occasion, we win for ourselves a little credibility we can rely on the next time around. Pretty soon we develop a reputation to ourselves that we want badly to uphold. With each test that we meet, our resolve gains momentum, fueled by the fear that we may succumb and establish a damaging precedent for our own weakness.

Daniel Akst

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

Kennedy, John F.

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The less routine the more life.

Alcott, Amos Bronson

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All great art is born of the metropolis.

Pound, Ezra

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If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

Allen, Fred A.

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Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is life that possesses us and on occasion shuts our mouths.

Camus, Albert

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Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Samuel Butler

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We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between, it is all a matter of balance.

Boese, Paul

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The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the gap between action and perception is bridged by the art of impression management. If life itself is but what you deem it, then why not focus your efforts on persuading others to believe that you are a virtuous and trustworthy cooperator?

Jonathan Haidt

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The truest end of life, is to find the life that doesn't end.

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Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.

Gasset, Jose Ortega Y

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May God bless you to live as long as you want to; and want to as long as you live!

Proverb, Scottish

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Life was mostly made up of things you couldn't control, full of surprises, and they weren't always good. Life wasn't what you made it. You were what life made you.

Sara Zarr

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We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are already taking their toll, what enervated, perverse antiquities do they not lay bare in the foundations.

Benjamin, Walter

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This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what's so.

Erhard, Werner

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The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

Ben Stein

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My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.

Foreman, George

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You have to do what you love to do, not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it.

Basset, Lucinda

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A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

Ciardi, John

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The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

Klee, Paul

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Life is at its best when it's shaken and stirred.

Facult, F. Paul

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Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Camus, Albert

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Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Jefferson, Thomas

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Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Shakespeare, William

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Life is a thing that mutates without warning, not always in enviable ways. All part of the improbable adventure of being alive, of being a brainy biped with giant dreams on a crazy blue planet.

Diane Ackerman

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We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle -- even if he can afford more.

Ibuka, Massaru

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It is faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth looking at.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

James, William

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I can't be bitter. No one has a contract on life.