Life Quotes - Page 451

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Life itself is the proper binge.

You don't always have to say something. Let your life be your message.

What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss.

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!

Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life.

There is a whole lot more to life than winning.

Be prepared and be honest.

People really need to take time and read a book. You know? That’s my advice. You could read A New Slant on Life, you could read Dianetics. And I think if you really read it, you’ll understand it, but unless you do, you’ll speculate. And I think that’s a mistake to do that.

It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.

One can make a day of any size and regulate the rising and setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining.

We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.

By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes throughout history, the ones executed on the largest scale, have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments-that is, by the official representatives of governments, acting in their official capacity.

What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.

The story of your life is not your life; it's your story.

The most important part of living life on your own terms and having it all is having faith and belief in yourself and in the intelligent power that created you.

He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny."

I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.

Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk.

Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it.

The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire world. The Declaration of Independence declared that people can govern themselves, that they can live in freedom with equal rights, that they can respect the rights of others.

I love life. There's always something to overcome, new people to meet... You've just got to find your bliss and go after it. That's where the drive is, that's how you find your special place.

Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time. Today is the day!