Life Quotes - Page 588

The white moth to the closing vine, The bee to the open clover, And the Gypsy blood to the Gypsy blood Ever the wide world over.

Life is short. Life goes fast. And what I really want to do in my life is to bring something new, something beautiful and something filled with light into the world. I try to think of that every day so that I can remember why I am coming to my studio.

I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.

Don't LIVE the same year 75 times and call it a Life

It wasn't until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within. The size and quality of your outer life is only limited by the size and quality of your inner life.

An extraordinary life is all about daily, continuous improvements in the areas that matter most.

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.

It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or books - begins with somebody wanting to tell a story. That need to tell, to plug into a universal socket, is probably one of our grandest desires. And the need to hear stories, to live lives other than our own for even the briefest moment, is the key to the magic that was born in our bones.

Nothing can be good if you do it for money or for fame.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

The trouble with school is they give you the answer, then they give you the exam. That's not life.

Practise wonder today - be present, begin again, know nothing, and allow everything to surprise you, inspire you, excite you, entertain you, teach you. Be fully open to life, today, and let yourself live wonder-fully.

Love is a lock that linketh noble minds, Faith is the key that shuts the spring of love.

We have been mysteriously gifted this amazing life. Let us not complain.

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

If there is one thing in life that I have learned about life it is... it goes on.

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

The power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The power is there - unlimited power.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

Must in death your daylight finish? My sun sets to rise again.

What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.

It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had.

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price