Life Quotes - Page 365

See things as you would have them be, instead of as they are.

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

The Mayas, our grandparents, always said; every human being occupies a small piece of time. Time itself is much longer, and because of this they always said that we must care for this earth while we are on it because it will be part of our children and the children of our grandchildren. They know that life is short, that it can end so soon, and that if one gets lost on the way, others will come to take their place.

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.

This life is temporary, this body is temporary, but while I'm here I want to get as much out of it as I can

It only takes a minute to cause hurt but sometimes a lifetime to repair. Be careful with your words and actions.

Life isn't happening to you; life is responding to you.

Just remember that a pat on the back is only 18 inches from a kick in the behind.

Try and live your life the way you wish other people would live theirs.

Do not feel bad about your mistakes or those of others. Love them! Remember that one: they are to be expected; two: they're the first and most essential part of the learning process; and three: feeling bad about them will prevent you from getting better.

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

The life which is not examined is not worth living.

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.

We are here because we are made by God, we will return to God. So people who think that they are something, they are totally wrong. And this is the most beautiful thing in life, it is that we don't own anything. So, everything is ours in the sense that we have the world to explore and not things to carry, a burden to carry.