1,004 private quotes tagged life

“I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.” — Thomas A. Edison

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“I'll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I'll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back.” — Steve Jobs

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“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.” — John F. Kennedy

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“I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn't be ours anymore.” — Steve Jobs

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“While we are postponing, life speeds by.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs

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“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.” — Winston Churchill

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“Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” — Voltaire

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“Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” — Albert Einstein

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“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.” — Plato

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“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” — William Shakespeare

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“There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” — Socrates

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“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.” — John F. Kennedy

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