Life Quotes
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Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for superiority to others, or for profit, or fame, or power, or any of these inferior things: but for the benefit and use of life; and that they perfect and govern it in charity.
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What good in a man's life if it's not lived free eh?
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Life is hard enough as it is, so at least I can be that person who can show that you’re not alone.
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The terrible importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
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You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.
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We all have an expectancy of something, but who's to say it always goes that way? Nine times out of 10, life never goes that way.
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People in a novel can be understood completely by the reader, if the novelist can be understood completely by the reader, if the novelist wishes; their inner as well as their outer life can be exposed.
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A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.
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Plunge boldly into the thick of life!
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I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.
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I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.
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“I was off my face on those painkillers,It was very dangerous. I’ll walk with a limp for the rest of my life, and if you’re as vain as I am that’s hard! But I know now I’m very lucky to be a functioning human being.
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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Imagine the most outrageously positive possibility for your life, claim it, and consider it done.
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Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.
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I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone.
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Life involves other people and it is a compromise.
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To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.
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We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.
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Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
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Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.
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I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life.
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One life is but a single act. One body - a garment. One century - a day. One task - an experience. One triumph - an acquisition. One death - a breath of renovation.
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We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.
