Life Quotes - Page 102

The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.

Always keep in mind how you can best use this time that you call life.

People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies.

Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty.

However difficult death is for us to accept, we must... how would we learn to appreciate each moment if it were not precious? If life were forever?

Be thankful, joyful and prayerful.

It is no use setting priorities if you won’t stick to them.

If you are doing what you love to do and on the way helping the humanity, then you are a success.

I know it's crazy to believe in silly things, but it's not that easy

Our hands will never be too small for helping those who are in need as long we have the heart to care.

Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice

Amazing grace, amazing life.

In the center of your being there is a fountain of music and that is your love.

We start our sometimes tedious, sometimes exciting, often times sad and stressful march to the grave the moment we're born, so it might as well be a march worth remembering.

You are not always right. It’s not always about being right. The best thing you can offer others is understanding. Being an active listener is about more than just listening, it is about reciprocating and being receptive to somebody else. Everybody has woes. Nobody is safe from pain. However, we all suffer in different ways. So learn to adapt to each person, know your audience and reserve yourself for people who have earned the depths of you

There is no better way to crush someone’s self-confidence than to tell this person that her / his choice was wrong, and that she / he should have listened to us (parents). Because, obviously, we know how to make the right choices and she / he does not.

Fail big. Fail better.Try again. Without looking for a shelter.

Honesty is a great thing, if tempered with love.

What happens when you die? Well, we're not completely sure. But the evidence seems to suggest that nothing happens. You're just dead, your brain stops working, and then you're not around to ask annoying questions anymore. Those stories you heard? About going to a wonderful place called 'heaven' where there is no pain or death and you live forever in a state of perpetual happiness? Also total bullshit. Just like all that God stuff. There's no evidence of a heaven and there never was. We made that up too. Wishful thinking. So now you have to live the rest of your life knowing you're going to die someday and disappear forever.Sorry.

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks the ultimate the last test and proof the work for which all other work is but preparation.

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

A smile puts you on the right track. A smile makes the world a beautiful place. When you lose your smile, you lose your way in the chaos of life.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Words give sound to the beauty of Life.

All suicides have the responsibility of fighting against the temptation of suicide. Every one of them knows very well in some corner of his soul that suicide, though a way out, is rather a mean and shabby one, and that it is nobler and finer to be conquered by life than to fall by one's own hand.

Adapt yourself to the needs of the people

Joy of life is to be content.

And maybe that is what it comes down to, knowing what the other person needs even before they know it themselves. Maybe it’s just that simple and it is only us who make it complicated with our anniversaries and our gifts, with grand declarations and public demonstrations, empty words and valuable stones.

If everyone had the luxury to pursue a life of exactly what they love, we would all be ranked as visionary and brilliant. … If you got to spend every day of your life doing what you love, you can’t help but be the best in the world at that. And you get to smile every day for doing so. And you’ll be working at it almost to the exclusion of personal hygiene, and your friends are knocking on your door, saying, “Don’t you need a vacation?!,” and you don’t even know what the word “vacation” means because what you’re doing is what you want to do and a vacation from that is anything but a vacation — that’s the state of mind of somebody who’s doing what others might call visionary and brilliant.

Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?

Self-struggle is spiritual.

You are the center of your life

To see the beauties, mysteries and magics of your existence look at it with intense love, child's wonder and joyful heart.

Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.

May you one day find the place where your dreams and reality collide.

Life is too magnificent to complain.

Life's a one way road, Don't just stand next to it and wait to get a pick-up back.

Nothing may stay the same but I guess one good thing that should remain still is the heart that always remembers to: stay strong and stay kind; stay lovely and stay nice; stay good and stay humble; stay true and stay honest. Just stay being the best of your heart could. But when that heart feels like giving up, give it a rest, pause for a while but never ever give up.

They say that "A friend in need is a friend indeed" but what if you don't find one when you need one.

Either nobody's perfect,or everyone is.

Life must be lived at the right time. Death is not scary when one dies after having lived fully. One must choose to live though and face all adversities.

I wanted to give you something that would last forever. Something that would surpass the world, that would still be alive and bright even after you passed away. Something beautiful. For your eyes and smile only. But I never found it. All I could give you is words. Words which were as fleeting as the heartbeats that shook my soul whenever you looked my way.

Beauty’s not only skin deep. Just because a person is beautifuldoesn’t mean there’s no soul beneath. Doesn’t meanthat person hasn’t suffered like everyone else, doesn’t meanthey don’t hope to still be a good human being in an awfulworld. (Gabriel)

My arrivalHer womb’s delightHer existenceMy living lightHer woundsMy scarsHer skiesMy starsHer daysMy hoursHer strengthMy powersI breathe my name Being her childWithout motherLife’s beguiledFrom the poem 'Mother

We are forever changed by the moments that we live but the moments we live cannot be changed. 

How many more times would I have embraced him that night, how many more times would I have kissed him, if I had known the name of that stranger lover who was already in Montreal, who had already bought his stadium ticket from a scalper for the 5,000 tomorrow. That implacable lover who was going to turn Billy's eyes away from me forever.

Fellowshipping with people is life

Always remember coin has two sides.

I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.

You can’t always control your external environment, but you can manage your micro environment by intentionally choosing what you allow to influence you – by sight, sound, and presence.

To serve does not mean just to attend church services

Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength.

I wondered quickly if I'd give my life so that a dragon could live. If someone offered me that deal, your life for the existence of dragons.I thought maybe yes, maybe no.

Discrimination is not just racial now. It’s also about the kind of body parts you have.

Dreams and visions are important not only because of the energy and passion they generate but also because of their ability to create hope.

Life. This morning the sun made me adore it. It had, behind the dripping pine trees, the oriental brightness, orange and crimson, of a living being, a rose and an apple, in the physical and ideal fusion of a true and daily paradise.

She had something more than material value ~ she had a soul, no money could buy.

If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.

Poetry is the beauty of life.