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Life Quotes - Page 638

I've come to realize that life is what you make it.

Jude Deveraux (2004). “Counterfeit Lady”, p.346, Simon and Schuster

Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.

"Interests: charity work, skydiving" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2001.

Joshua chose the simple life ... because it gave him the freedom to expand the breadth of his inner life.

Joseph F. Girzone (1997). “Joshua, the Journey Home: Includes Joshua, Joshua and the Children and Joshua in the Holy Land”, Arrowood Press

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

"Under Western Eyes". Book by Joseph Conrad, pt. IV, ch. 2, 1911.

The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective.

Jon Stewart's Commencement Address at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, www.wm.edu. May 20, 2004.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.162, B&H Publishing Group

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.163, B&H Publishing Group