Life Quotes - Page 210

It occurred to her then that life was conical in shape, the past broadening beyond the sharp point of the lived moment. The more life you had, the more the base expanded, so that the wounds and treasons that were nearly imperceptible when they happened stretched like tiny dots on a balloon slowly blown up. A speck on the slender child grows into a gross deformity in the adult, inescapable, ragged at the edges.

I'm not made to fit into the society's definition of me. I've got freedom to define myself. You too, if you know!

Good morning," said the little prince.Good morning," said the merchant.This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need for anything to drink.Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"Anything you like..."As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.

It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.

God created you because He loves you and want you to live life.

One half of me is a hopeless romantic. The other half is well... just realistic.

The world will go on with or without humanity.

Great people will always be mocked by those who feel smaller than them.

If you want something different, do something different. "Same crap, different day" doesn't describe the day; it describes your attitude towards it.

When you brought light to my darkness, I undiscovered the eclipse!

You are not broken.Someone who did not love you,convinced you, you are...

Live BOLDLY! ......because no one ever told you healing is a life long process.

Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on.

the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!

It’s easy to play the victim card (all of us have done this), but this mindset is one of the greatest obstacles to progress and growth.

Having books standing on a shelf in a room is like having completely different worlds at the ready, waiting to be explored.

He [Wordsworth] invited his readers to abandon their usual perspective and to consider for a time how the world might look through other eyes, to shuttle between the human and the natural perspective. Why might this be interesting, or even inspiring? Perhaps because unhappiness can stem from only having one perspective to play with.

I am happy because my mind is always filled with happy thoughts.

Cheers to a gracious New Year. May we uphold the fullness of God’s grace, goodness and goodwill.

My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.

Focus on your destination but enjoy every sacred moments of the journey

For you to be effective in your promised land, you must study the land

Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people whom you come in contact everyday.

Never try to be happy but always try to make someone happy. All the happiness in the world will be yours.

Don’t underestimate the result of a right and positive anger.

Emancipate yourself from the impotent mindset of,“It is what it is”. Life does not come labeled; it is what you make it. Dream-Plan-Execute!

A divine power knows the end from the beginning.

Being strong doesn't mean that you never break! Being strong means that even if you break into a million pieces, you still have the courage to pick those pieces up, put them back together, and keep going on.

I preach that odd defiant melancholy that sees the dreadful loneliness of the human soul and the pitiful disaster of human life as ever redeemable and redeemed by compassion, friendship and love.

It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.

One day you will be the only one in the room not living.

Life is here to be enjoyed, your happiness and your smile makes it even better

Life's just a bunch of accidents, connected by one perfect end.

Whether we like it or not, we all come from someplace. And at some point in our lives, we have to make peace with that place.

Peace is in selfless caringPeace is in true understanding Peace is in undeserved kindnessPeace is in joyful forgiveness Peace is in innocent trustPeace is in becoming justPeace is in a dancing butterfly Peace is in a clear starry skyPeace is a child's loving kissPeace is a life's pure bliss

A little kid asks my dad why that man is chopping down the tree.Dad: He's not chopping it down. He's saving it. Those branches were long dead from disease. All plants are like that. By cutting off the damage you make it possible for the tree to grow again. You watch - by the end of summer, this tree will be the strongest on the block.

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.

To avoid the fall often means living a less-than life.

Surrendering is not giving up--it is gaining strength.

Don’t chase people. Be an example. Attract them. Work hard and be yourself. The people who belong in your life will come find you and stay. Just do your thing.

How you approach birth is intimately connected with how you approach life

Every moment is a moment of hope, moment of beauty, a moment of joy and it is our life.

How much is real and for how long..

Don't let others control who you should be, or try to make you do what you don't want to. It will eat away at your soul. Believe it or not, you are the maker of your own destiny. You are the only one who can make choices for yourself. Even when others are doing it now, it's cause you have chosen to allow them too.

The less you look to others,the more you find in yourself.What have you found in yourself.

Life is but a play of chance in the game of choice.

people often ignore the misfortune of others, you see. The world is a heartless place but it's not always because they don't care. It's sometimes because the are embarrassed, or because they don't know what to say, or because they simply cannot beat ro look into the eyes of someone who is suffering.

The best chapters in your life story are written by love.

Future will forgive us but are you ready to forgive your past?

Não estatize meus sentimentos. Pra seu governo, o meu estado é independente.

You'd corner me in your conformity but even in dormancy i'm sleeping with enormity, stretching the belly of the earth & everything i was born to be.

Some people can’t be in your life because they don’t have the power to help you improve it. That doesn’t mean you don’t wish them well, it just means that you are on Chapter ten of your life, when they are on Chapter five. Maybe, it is just enough to meet at the crossroads in life and agree to take separate paths, then with a cheshire grin you both look back and shout, “Beat you to the top of the mountain”, followed by the funnest sprint of both of your lives.

Being focused means been diligence and diligence always makes a person rich

Optimistic curiosity and persistent goal oriented action bring more success than anything else.

We all have the same root, and are connected...To tap into this connectedness we must go within.

To find happiness, love is the only way.