1,004 private quotes tagged life

“He who has a "why" to live for can bear any "how".” — Nietsche

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“Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.” — Charles Darwin

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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller

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“If you’ve never met the devil on the road of life, it's because you’re both heading in the same direction.”

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“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” — Buddha

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“I cannot make my days longer. So I strive to make them better.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” — Edgar Allan Poe

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“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.” — Buddha

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“The man who views the world at 50 the same he did at 20 has wasted thirty years of his life.” — Muhammad Ali

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“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” — Muhammad Ali

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“Live the life you've dreamed.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” — Buddha

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“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” — Arthur C. Clarke

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“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” — Lao Tzu

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“Death is the best invention of life.” — Steve Jobs

Source:http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/7b7ae3-steve-jobs-inter...

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“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” — Ernest Hemingway

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“It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.” — Bradley Whitford

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“Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.” — Maya Angelou

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“I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, 'OK, I'm looking back on my life. I want to minimize the number of regrets I have.'” — Jeff Bezos

Context:On why he started Amazon

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“Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.” — Lao Tzu

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“Without health, life is not life, it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.” — Buddha

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“My life is my message.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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