Life Quotes - Page 353

Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.

Time makes more converts than reason.

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve themselves. Or until life solves them for you.

Of all exercises, walking is the best.

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

There's plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a one-word nickname for bikers: Donors. Rather chilling.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.

Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.

Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.