Life Quotes - Page 134

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

I am poor, but I am rich. I have my children, I have a garden with roses, and I have my faith and the memories of those who have gone before me. What more is there?

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

Life is a prize, but to live doesn't mean you're alive

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life is long and beautiful. In getting to know nature man exalts the wonder and beauty of life.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

False. When things change, I will be happy. True. When I am happy, things will change.

Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us.

If you're not living a life on the edge you're taking up too much space! ... You learn the most when you're out of your comfort zone!

Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity.

Life isn't about finding yourself; it's about creating yourself. So live the life you imagined.

Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.

One must picture everything in the world as an enigma, and live in the world as if in a vast museum of strangeness.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We're still just a child creature, we're still being nasty to each other. And all children go through those phases. We're growing up, we're moving into adolescence now. When we grow up - man, we're going to be something!

Please... tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep in mind that most people live their entire lives without arriving at an answer.

The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.