Life Quotes - Page 142

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow-workers to put forth my best efforts in my work? I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I don't believe I could have accomplished a great deal.

Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!

Be so good they can't ignore you.

Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.

It’s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don’t say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

One cannot run from a challenge without losing. To flee is signing a death warrant to dignity and character, and, having run, there is no return; one is a weakling forever. Meeting a challenge, though one may be defeated, gives strength, character, and a certain assurance that regardless of outcome, one will survive or go down fighting.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.

Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.

I didn't understand that you could go to jail for the rest of your life for selling cocaine. I thought life sentences were for murderers. I didn't know that you could get it for supplying something to someone that they asked you for.

Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

The euro Titanic has now hit the iceberg - and there simply aren't enough lifeboats to go round.

A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation.