Life Quotes: Timeless Wisdom and Inspiration (Page 3)

"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

"I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with"

Sara Paretsky, Author

"My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened"

Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher

"I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair"

Samuel Johnson, Author

"In my private life, I'm not around any drugs or alcohol"

Penn Jillette, Entertainer

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"

Confucius, Philosopher

"In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

"His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship"

Edmund Wilson, Critic

"City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life"

Mason Cooley, Writer

"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations"

Eli Khamarov, Writer

"Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life"

Doug Coupland, Author

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence"

Thomas Merton, Author

"Every human life is a fairy tale written by the finger of God"

H. C. Andersen, Writer

"Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge"

Paul Gauguin, Artist

"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating"

O. Henry, Writer

"We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches"

Franz Boas, Scientist

"The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it"

Charles Baudelaire, Poet

"Members of al Qaeda and other affiliated organizations spent a great deal of time blending into the populations of several nations around the world and exploring all aspects of life there"

Jo Bonner, Politician

"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life"

Seneca, Philosopher

"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently"

Agnes de Mille, Dancer

"Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts"

Jim Morrison, Musician

"Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life"

Gregory Peck, Actor

"Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking"

Alexander Smith, Poet

"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master"

Michelangelo, Artist

"My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences; just the same, you need to understand that many of the writers we have now couldn't load a revolver"

Gene Wolfe, Writer

"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out"

Alfred Hitchcock, Director

"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case"

John Rawls, Educator

"A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places"

Isabelle Eberhardt, Explorer

"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

"I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here"

Robert Anton Wilson, Writer

"I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there"

Jennifer Lopez, Musician

"Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone"

Donny Osmond, Musician

"As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible"

Hank Stram, Athlete

"Life is a game. Money is how we keep score"

Ted Turner, Businessman

"I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life"

Barbara Bush, First Lady

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