Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.
Quotes to Explore
-
I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
Vijender Singh
-
I always separated sports and my personal life.
Carl Lewis
-
Life is an incurable disease.
Abraham Cowley
-
In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
-
You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
Barbara Sher
-
Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
G. Gordon Liddy
-
Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
-
I work as if I were going to be the next person to need a respirator. I share in the benefits I bestow on others, and my work has enriched my life.
Forrest Bird
-
Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
Dan Millman
-
If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.
Daley Thompson
-
You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
Barbara Sher
-
Everyone and his Big Brother wants to log your browsing habits, the better to build a profile of who you are and how you live your life - online and off. Search engine companies offer a benefit in return: more relevant search results. The more they know about you, the better they can tailor information to your needs.
Barton Gellman
-
I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.
Baz Luhrmann
-
My Plan A was to be a psychologist. I thought I would be a receptionist. I'm always middle of the road and very normal. I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got.
Gabourey Sidibe
-
Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.
Victoria Justice
-
I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
Baz Luhrmann
-
Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.
Fat Joe
-
I love this life. I feel like I am always catching my breath and saying, 'Oh! Will you look at that?' Photography has been my way of bearing witness to the joy I find in seeing the extraordinary in ordinary life. You don't look for pictures. Your pictures are looking for you.
Harold Feinstein
-
Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: 'Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life'.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life.
David Petraeus
-
There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
Carol Shields
-
Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there — that, one might say, is created.
Willa Cather
-
Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.
Seneca the Younger