"Life
is a dynamic process.
It welcomes anyone who
takes up the invitation
to be an active part of
it. What we call the
secret of happiness is
no more a secret than
our willingness to
choose life." (Leo
Buscaglia)
"This
is your life, and
nobody is going to
teach you - no book, no
guru. You have to learn
from yourself, not from
books. It is an endless
thing, it is a
fascinating thing, and
when you learn about
yourself from yourself,
out of that learning
wisdom comes. Then you
can live a most
extraordinary, happy,
beautiful life."
(J. Krishnamutri).
"The
fundamental fact of
human awareness is
this: I am life that
wants to live in the
midst of other life
that wants to
live." (Albert
Schweitzer)
"I
don't want to get to
the end of my life and
find that I lived just
the length of it. I
want to have lived the
width of it as
well." (Diane
Ackerman)
"It
is said that there is a
grave high in the
mountains of
Switzerland with the
simple inscription ‘He
died climbing.’ This
is a metaphor for life.
At least, it is a
metaphor for the
fulfilling life, which
is an ongoing struggle
to reach new
heights." (Robert
and Jeannette Lauer)
"You
get what you settle
for." (from Thelma
and Louise)
"You
know, life is short,
but it's also very
wide." (Naomi
Judd)
"Here
is the test to find
whether your mission on
earth is finished: If
you’re alive, it isn’t."
(Richard Bach)
"Life
is a succession of
lessons which must be
lived in order to be
understood."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"Live
your own life, for you
will die your own
death." (old
proverb)
"You
should live so that
when you die, God is in
your debt."
(Bernard Shaw)
"If
your daily life seems
poor, do not blame it;
blame yourself, tell
yourself that you are
not poet enough to call
forth its riches."
(Rainer Maria Rilke)
"There
is no cure for birth
and death save to enjoy
the interval."
(George Santayana)
"Life
is a great big canvass,
and you should throw
all the paint on it you
can." (Danny Kaye)
"Your
life feels different on
you, once you greet
death and understand
your heart's position.
You wear your life like
a garment from the
mission bundle sale
ever after-lightly
because you realize you
paid nothing for it,
cherishing because you
know you won't ever
come by such a bargain
again." (Louise
Erdrich)
"There
are years that ask
questions and years
that answer." (Zora
Neale Hurston)
"You
can always live on less
when you have more to
live for." (author
unknown)
"You
only live once - but if
you work it right, once
is enough." (Joe E
Lewis)
"Life
moves on whether we act
as cowards or heroes.
Life has no other
discipline to impose,
if we could but realize
it, than to accept life
unquestionably.
Everything we shut our
eyes to, everything we
run away from,
everything we deny,
denigrate or despise
serves to defeat us in
the end. What seems
nasty, painful, evil,
can become a source of
beauty, joy, and
strength, if faced with
an open mind. Every
moment is a golden one
for him who has the
vision to recognize it
as such." (Henry
Miller)
"Live
your life in one day
packages."
(Criswell Freeman)
"The
value of a thing
sometimes lies not in
what one attains with
it, but in what one
pays for it, - what did
it cost us."
(Nietzsche)
"People
who live in a Golden
Age usually go around
complaining how yellow
everything looks."
(Randall Jarrell)
"Life
is an infant that must
be rocked in its cradle
before it falls to
sleep." (Voltaire)
"We
are always getting
ready to live, but
never living."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"Life
can only be understood
backwards; but it must
be lived
forwards." (Soren
Kierkegaard)
"If
I should begin life
again, I should want it
just as it was; only I
would open my eyes a
little more."
(Jules Renard)
