1,004 private quotes tagged life

“Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.” — Arthur C. Clarke

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“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas A. Edison

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“Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.” — Helen Keller

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“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” — Theodore Roosevelt

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.” — Dr. Seuss

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“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.” — Vincent Van Gogh

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“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” — Oscar Wilde

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“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.” — Aristotle

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“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.” — Benjamin Franklin

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“We have one life it soon will be past what we do for God is all that will last.” — Muhammad Ali

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“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” — Muhammad Ali

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“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” — Aristotle

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“Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.” — Arnold H. Glasow

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“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” — Aristotle

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“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.” — Winston Churchill

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“To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.” — Martin Luther

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“Children are the anchors of a mother's life.” — Sophocles

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“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” — Steve Jobs

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“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.” — Leo Tolstoy

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“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.” — Tony Robbins

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“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” — Jim Rohn

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“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” — Charlie Chaplin

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“Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.” — Paulo Coelho

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