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Life Quotes - Page 59

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.100, Macmillan

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

" 'Hope' is the thing with feathers" l. 1 (ca. 1862) SeeWoody Allen 20

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.293, Princeton University Press

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

"Driving With Mario Andretti, Who at 76, Still Refuses to Slow Down". Interview with Sam Smith, www.roadandtrack.com. June 24, 2016.

Sex hasn't been the same since women started enjoying it.

Lewis Grizzard (1995). “Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard”, Longstreet Press