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Life Quotes


"Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly."


"He keeps getting older while I'm not paying attention."


"Damn it, it wasn't quite fresh enough!"


"Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things."


"Don't worry, I plan on living a long time.""Why are you making a bucket list, then?""Because if you wait until you're really dying, it's too late."



"Life is a series of processes and struggles."


"All would live long but none would be old."


"And though our roots belong to the same tree, our branches have grown in different directions."


"I want men to admire me, but that's a trick you learn at school--a movement of the eyes, a tone of voice, a touch of the hand on the shoulder or the head. If they think you admire them, they will admire you because of your good taste, and when they admire you, you have an illusion for a moment that there's something to admire."


"Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own potential. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream of and hope for."


"Life. In all it's mundane majesty."



"I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random."



"People who eat 3 meals a day throughout lifehave never reallytastedFood..."


"I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition--about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive."


"Worldliness is actually a spirit, an atmosphere, an influence permeating the whole of life and human society, and it needs to be guarded against constantly and strenuously."


"Ninety percent of living is just showing up."


"God does communicate with those who are willing to obey Him. He penetrates the dark silence with free, life-giving discoveries in nature, the human conscience, Scripture, and the Person of Jesus Christ."


"I do as I please, Monsieur Beauchamp, and believe me, what I do is always well done."


"I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'."


"Life is not a test or a competition. We only compete with ourselves."


"The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment."


"I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five. I never spent so pleasant a month before, or bade any place goodbye so regretfully. I have not once thought of business, or care or human toil or trouble or sorrow or weariness, and the memory of it will remain with me always."


"He who does not value life does not deserve it."


"It is far easier to live an excellent life among your friends, when you are putting your best foot forward and are conscious of public opinion, than it is to live for Christ in your home."


"Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what his father had once said about being a war hero: one you became one, you died one."


"Choose to be happy. It's the only sensible option!"


"I celebrate life with a different color each day.That way, each day is different."


"Death is not the end of the road-it is merely a gateway to eternal life beyond the grave."
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