Life Quotes - Page 212

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

Time is infinitely more precious than money, and there is nothing common between them. You cannot accumulate time; you cannot borrow time; you can never tell how much time you have left in the Bank of Life. Time is life.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

Life means that I can live to see tomorrow.

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.

The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

Your walk with God does not depend on people, places, things or events.

Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience

Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action.

Even if we could turn back, we'd probably never end up where we started.

Before you can improve your life and find a measure of happiness, you must learn to do one thing every day out of pure love.

Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

I sold my house this week. I got a pretty good price for it, but it made my landlord mad as hell

The key is that I control my life; my life doesn't control me.

Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.

To me, life without soccer would be like living a mindless and empty life.

You have to do your thing no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

In masks outrageous and austere The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.