Life Quotes - Page 82

I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

Behold this day. It is yours to make.

Do a little more than you're paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Think for yourself and question authority.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

When your life is changed by Jesus, you are a new creature. God not only changes what you do, He also changes what you want to do.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

The paper burns, but the words fly away.

There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.