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Life Quotes (page 789)

Aeschylus quote: "Bethink thee of the adage, 'Call none blest, till peaceful..."
Bethink thee of the adage, 'Call none blest, till peaceful death have crowned a life of weal. Aeschylus
Charles Simic quote: "A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to..."
A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights. Charles Simic
Never had I understood that I command, with absolute authority, the ship of my life! I decide its mission and rules and discipline, at my word waits every tool and sail, every cannon, the strength of every soul on board. I’m master of a team of passionate skills to sail me through hell’s own jaws the second I nod the direction to steer. Richard Bach
Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world?"Nothing." Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. "This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace. Elizabeth Gilbert
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought—that is to be educated. Edith Hamilton
Each man's life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No man has ever been entirely and completely himself. Herman Hesse
Janet Evanovich quote: "Exercise improves your sex life. Ranger to Stephanie"
Exercise improves your sex life. Ranger to Stephanie Janet Evanovich
What can you do when you don't fit in? What can you do when life seems to be passing you by?"Follow me. I want to show you something. See the horizon over there? See how big this world is? See how much room there is for everybody? Have you ever seen any other worlds?"No."As far as you know, this is the only world there is, right?"Right."There are no other worlds for you to live in, right?"Right."You were born to live in this world, right?"Right."WELL LIVE IN IT THEN! Five cents please. Charles M. Schulz
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they... F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jack. This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life. Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here. Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that. Oscar Wilde
Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down. Terry Prachett
Haruki Murakami quote: "In the spring of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love..."
In the spring of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. Haruki Murakami
Nicole Richie quote: "Everything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening."
Everything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening. Nicole Richie
Thomas Fuller quote: "Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to..."
Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other. Thomas Fuller
In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was before I'd been handed a fistful of crushed violets from a toddler. Before I understood that the smile of a child is a tattoo: indelible art. Jodi Picoult

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