Life Quotes - Page 485

Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

So many times we look for those things in life we can measure.... The college degree, the money we earn, the success we brag about.... But the little things in life, the minute moments...not taken for granted, the value of their treasure is substantial all the more.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

If a woman is making $85,000 a year, putting aside 20% of her income, putting it in a bank, earning very little...Over the course of her life vs. investing, this can cost her $1.5 million, $2 million, $2.5 million. Life changing amounts.

It's not how long life is but the quality of our life that is important.

LIFE IS JUST A SERIES OF MOMENTS.IF YOU MISS THE MOMENTS,YOU MISS YOUR LIFE

Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

Everyone has the same life purpose, which is the quest of happiness for oneself and for others.

I'm really afraid of getting hit by cars, like terrified of it. I`m terrified of crossing streets. I'm also very accident-prone...I think people aim for me.

I also believe that few people remain completely untouched by the thought that instead of the life they lead there might also be another, where all actions proceed from a very personal state of excitement. Where actions have meanings, not just causes. And where a person, to use a trivial word, is happy, and not just nervously tormenting himself.

Life is to blame for everything.

A calm hour with God is worth a whole lifetime with man

You can prosper, no matter what the economy is doing.

Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who'll be with me will be my family.

Life is a brief opportunity to do something prehumously.

Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.

Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities of another world. And they draw the interest of delight and refreshment according to the measure of their investment. These are usually quaint folk, other-worldly in their manner, but capable of comprehending the idiosyncrasies of Nature as she displays them in a tree and bush and passing season, across the skyline and in the infinite zenith. These, moreover, are the successful gardeners.

Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science - for to fill your heart with love is enough!

If your primary focus is to get over your health problems or get past a relationship crisis so that you can return to your former life and old patterns- that is, get back to business as usual-you are not really living. The distinction is paradoxical and sometimes subtle. It's the difference between walking through your life on your way to somewhere, and walking as your life. Even if you believe that where you want to get is extremely important, that destination is secondary. Your immediate experience is what really matters. It is your life.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

Good art and a good life answers questions. Great art and a great life asks questions.