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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON LIFE AND LIVING 3
My real assets have always been acting and just being pleasant.
Sally Field (1946-, American actress)
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields (1879-1946, American actor)
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940, American writer) Author's website: www.fitzgeraldsociety.org
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat... the redeeming things are not "happiness and pleasure" but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940, American writer) Author's website: www.fitzgeraldsociety.org
Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880, French novelist)
Use life to provide something that outlasts it.
B.C. Forbes
My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
George Foreman (1949-, American boxer)
Life -- No, I've nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.
Edward M. Forster (1879-1970, British novelist, essayist)
I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can.
Terry Fox
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997, Austrian psychiatrist, author, "Man's Search for Meaning")
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997, Austrian psychiatrist, author, "Man's Search for Meaning")
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997, Austrian psychiatrist, author, "Man's Search for Meaning")
Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997, Austrian psychiatrist, author, "Man's Search for Meaning")
Do ye value life? Then waste not time for that is the stuff of which life is made.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
Give me work to do, Give me health, Give me joy in simple things, Give me an eye for beauty, A tongue for truth, A heart that loves, A mind that reasons, A sympathy that understands. Give me neither malice nor envy, But a true kindness And a noble common sense. At the close of each day Give me a book And a friend with whom I can be silent.
S. M. Frazier
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.
Robert Frost (1875-1963, American poet)
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life -- learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Robert Fulghum (1937-, American writer, minister, working cowboy)
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts -- That hope always triumphs over experience -- That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Robert Fulghum (1937-, American writer, minister, working cowboy)
Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
Margaret Witter Fuller (1810-1850, American writer, lecturer)
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful.
Annette Funicello
The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great -- and they know I know it.
Clark Gable (1901-1960, American actor)
My life is my message.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
The old Quaker was right: "I expect to pass through life but once. If there is any kindness, or any good thing I can do to my fellow beings, let me do it now. I shall pass this way but once. "
W. C. Gannett
One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility are building the common future.
John W. Gardner (1912-2002, American educator, social activist)
I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.
Art Garfunkel
Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. Only in proportion as we are desirous of living more do we really live.
Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955, Spanish essayist, philosopher)
Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.
Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955, Spanish essayist, philosopher)
Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.
Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955, Spanish essayist, philosopher)
Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903, French artist)
Live as you would have wished to live when you come to die.
Christian Furchtegott Gellert
Never be afraid to take on a really tough problem. When you solve it, the benefits will be that much greater.
Carl A. Gerstacker
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931, Lebanese poet, novelist)
Never cease to be convinced that life might be better -- your own and others.
Andre Gide (1869-1951, French author)
People creep into childhood, bound into youth, sober in adulthood, and soften into old age.
Henry Giles
Life is a verb, not a noun.
Charlotte P. Gillman (1860-1935, American feminist and writer)
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
There are nine requisites for contented living: HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure; WEALTH enough to support your needs; STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them; GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them; PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished; CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor; LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others; FAITH enough to make real the things of God; HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
The life of man is a journey; a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommodation.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774, Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright)
No man who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974, American film producer, founder of MGM)
My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-, Soviet President (1988-91))
Life is supposed to get tough.
Kelsey Grammer (1955-, American actor)
Grateful for the blessing lent of simple tastes and mind content!
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, British author)
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, British author)
As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present.
Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872, Austrian dramatic poet)
Not only is life a bitch, but it is always having puppies.
Adrienne Gusoff
The way we treat another human being is the way we treat our Lord. That doesn't need further explanation as much as it needs contemplation.
John P. Hahn
Every day is a little life... live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate.
Joseph Hall (1574-1656, British clergyman, writer)
May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.
Tom Hanks (1956-, American actor, director, screenwriter)
A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men -- and people in general.
Lorraine Hansbury
There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it.
Donald Harington
When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?"
Sidney J. Harris (1917-, American journalist)
Life flows on within you and without you.
George Harrison (1943-, British-born American musician, guitarist, singer, actor, film and record)
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
S. I. Hayakawa (1902-1992, Canadian born American senator, educator)
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
Helen Hayes (1900-1993, American actress)
I can't be bitter. No one has a contract on life.
David M. Heath
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961, American writer)
Living well is the best revenge.
George Herbert (1593-1632, British metaphysical poet)
In soft regions are born soft men.
Herodotus (BC 484-425, Greek historian)
The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
Robert Herrick (1591-1674, British poet)
Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
Alexander Herzen (1812-1870, Russian journalist, political thinker)
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
Abraham J. Heschel (1907-1972, Polish educator, author)
The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, and love. They do not require coupons.
George T. Hewitt
Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.
Thomas L. Holdcroft
Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935, American judge)
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935, American judge)
On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935, American judge)
Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.
Ernest Holmes
Today, you have 100% of your life left.
Tom Hopkins (1944-, American sales trainer, speaker, author)
He has not lived badly whose birth and death have been unnoticed by the world.
Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.
Elbert Hubbard (1859-1915, American author, publisher)
To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things .
Elbert Hubbard (1859-1915, American author, publisher)
Life is a voyage.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885, French poet, dramatist, novelist)
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination
Christopher Isherwood
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye (1913-1987, American stage, film, television entertainer)
This is what is sad when one contemplates human life, that so many live out their lives in quiet lostness... they live, as it were, away from themselves and vanish like shadows. Their immortal souls are blown away, and they are not disquieted by the question of its immortality, because they are already disintegrated before they die.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855, Danish philosopher, writer)
Those who live are those who fight.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885, French poet, dramatist, novelist)
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
David Hume (1711-1776, Scottish philosopher, historian)
We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle -- even if he can afford more.
Massaru Ibuka
Half my life is an act of revision.
John Irving (1942-, American author)
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.
Phil Jackson
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
Henry James (1843-1916, American author)
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
William James (1842-1910, American psychologist, professor, author)
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
William James (1842-1910, American psychologist, professor, author)
We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.
William James (1842-1910, American psychologist, professor, author)
Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done (both utterly useless and weakening) or in a future which we either long for or dread. There is only one minute in which you are alive: this minute, here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable minute, which is exactly what it is -- a miracle and unrepeatable.
Storm Jameson (1891-1986, British writer)
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, American President (3rd))
People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands. Herein lies a crucial difference. A champion plays the game; a spectator observes, criticizes and never really gets to live. A champion knows what he or she wants and goes after it with carefully calculated goals and no-holds-barred action. A spectator feels that his or her life is not their own. They let others dictate their destiny. They become victims of life instead of masters of it.
Bruce Jenner (1949-, American track athlete, author, speaker)
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