1,004 private quotes tagged life

“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.” — Martin Luther

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“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.” — Mark Twain

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“All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.” — Plato

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“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” — Plato

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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” — Helen Keller

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“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another.” — Anatole France

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“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.” — Aristotle

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“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain

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“Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.” — Barbara Kingsolver

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“Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.” — Aphra Behn

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“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.” — Paul Wellstone

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“If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go?” — Amy Purdy

Source:https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_purdy_living_beyond_limits/...

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“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.” — Tony Robbins

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“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan

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“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan

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“I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.” — Michael Jordan

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“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.” — Groucho Marx

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“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” — Tony Robbins

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“My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.” — Tony Robbins

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