Life Quotes - Page 176

Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.

The fact that you are even here, alive, on this planet is a mathematical miracle, and you should not spend the time that you have being busy being miserable.

I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.

A smooth life is not a victorious life.

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

For me, music and life are all about style.

First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.

He (the Shaman) is a self-reliant explorer of the endless mansions of a magnificent hidden universe.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I only stop when I'm done.

No matter where life takes me. Find me with a smile.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old

You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you pass.

I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products.

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain unapologetically consumed by it. Be faithful to your gift and very confident in its value.

I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another's brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves.

If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.

Life is but a day; A fragile dewdrop on its perilous way From a tree's summit.

Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.