Life Quotes - Page 174

The best stuff in life isn't stuff at all... relationships, experiences & meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living.

Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or 'use', value to nature. Deep ecology does not separate humans - or anything else - from the natural environment. It does see the world not as a collection of isolated objects but as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. Deep ecology recognizes the intrinsic value of all human beings and views humans as just one particular strand in the web of life.

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.

I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

What are your choices? Whom are your choices for? Not just for yourself. Chose now whom you will serve, and that choice is going to affect the next generation, and the next generation, and the next. Choice never affects just one person alone. It goes on and on and the effect goes out into geography and history. You are part of history and your choices become part of history.

I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

I live for the nights that I can't remember with the people that I won't forget.

They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can't erase the strokes you've made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate.

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me. I feel what people get out of me is this outlook on life, which comes out in my music. My music is the last expression of all that.