“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.”
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“No man is a failure who is enjoying 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.”
“The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.”
“You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.”
“Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.”
“Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.”
“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”
“I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.”
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.”
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
“The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.”
“We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.”
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
“It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”
“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.”
“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”
“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
“Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.”
“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”