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Life Quotes (page 712)

Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin? George Eliot
The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In instructing, be brief in what you say in order that your readers may grasp it quickly and retain it faithfully. Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. Fiction invented in order to please should remain close to reality. Horace
No man can sincerely resolve to apply to his daily life the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth without sensing a change in his own nature. The phrase, 'born again', has a deeper significance than many people attach to it. This changed feeling may be indescribable, but it is real. David O. McKay
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? They have never entered into mine, but into yours, we thought--Haven't we all to struggle against life's daily greyness, against pettiness, against mechanical cheerfulness, against suspicion? I struggle by remembering my friends; others I have known by remembering some place--some beloved place or tree--we thought you one of these. E. M. Forster
Diane Ackerman quote: "Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the..."
Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite Diane Ackerman
Sometimes people say to me, “I want to write, but I have five kids, a full-time job, a wife who beats me, a tremendous debt to my parents,” and so on. I say to them, “There is no excuse. If you want to write, write. This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don’t wait. Make the time now, even if it is ten minutes once a week. Natalie Goldberg
Margaret Atwood quote: "If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions..."
If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice. Margaret Atwood
Lao Tzu quote: "If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into..."
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. Lao Tzu
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies. Anne Rice
...you should approach each book -- you should approach life -- with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point. Sherman Alexie
Something I owe to the soil that grew— More to the life that fed— But most to Allah who gave me two Separate sides to my head. Rudyard Kipling
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "When crime busting is easier than your personal life,..."
When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong. Laurell K. Hamilton
Neil Gaiman quote: "Work. Home. The pub. Meeting girls. Living in the city. Life...."
Work. Home. The pub. Meeting girls. Living in the city. Life. Is that all there is? Neil Gaiman
Henry David Thoreau quote: "This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction."
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction. Henry David Thoreau
The psychological and physiological mechanism of love is so complex that at a certain period in his life a young man must concentrate all his energy on coming to grips with it, and in this way he misses the actual content of the love: the woman he loves. (In this he is much like a young violinist who cannot concentrate on the emotional content of a piece until the technique required to play it comes automatically.) Milan Kundera

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