Life Quotes - Page 246

Though a living cannot be made from art, art makes life worth living. It makes starving, living.

But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.

It seems to me that the whole of human life can be summed up in the one statement that man only exists for the purpose of proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not an organ.

Do the new, be the change.

Nobody's sane above the law.

The night is the balm for the wounded souls of the world.

For what is life but a continuous, dynamic and fluid circle of discoveries that surrounds all peoples and has the power to change even the smallest of us.

I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts. The indications revealed. That few of us realize life is quite surreal

I hate water. It's so boring. And it takes up so much room in your stomach.

There are opportunities for all of us, we just have to open our eyes and hold ourselves completely accountable

You must succeed! Not by accident, but deliberately! You are able to succeed – now you must be willing to succeed and this must reflect in the way you spend your life.

if you can’t make a joke at a time like this, what’s the point of living?

Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

I will only ask you to believe one thing. I have faith in myself. I believe that I am the man to guide England through the days of crisis that I see coming. If I did not honestly believe that I am needed by my country to steer the ship of state, I would not have done what I have done--made the best of both worlds--saved myself from disaster by a clever trick.''My lord, if you could not make the best of both worlds, you could not be a politician.

Do not conform to seek the seekers, but leave the leavers. Wisdom comes from facing what you do not yet understand.

When we see someone or something as imperfect, it is a reflection of our limitations, not theirs.

It's never too late to love and live again. Without love in life, nothing to lose or gain.

Cease from envy, prejudice and unhealthy competitiveness. Never abandon your own mission and brand to pursue the seemingly exciting mission or vision of another.

For what could any Entity, conscious of eternal existence, want – but an end?

Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.

A scolded mouse knows no grievance.

Life is like Tetris; if it doesn't fit, just flip it over

If you believe that some opinions are in fact better than others, then you, too, are an elitist of sorts.

There is no limitation in God

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

The sky is a canvas, so paint your own life.

Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what's possible.

#1 Dating Tip: Make Sure Your Date has a Conscience!

It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.

The Line welcomed rain and sun. Seeds germinated in mass graves, between skulls and femurs and broken pick handles, tendrils rose up alongside dog spikes and clavicles, thrust around teak sleepers and tibias, scapulas, vertebrae, fibulas and femurs.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

When one door closes, a window opens and then zombies pile in and bite you in the ass.

Embrace adversities as the hidden treasures of life.

Life is like a blank page, copying manuscript written Backstage.

One Smile makes two Smiles and two makes many Smiles so keep Smiling :) :).

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.

In your life, the people become like a patchwork quilt. Some leave with you a piece that is bigger than you wanted and others smaller than you thought you needed. Some are that annoying itchy square in the corner, and others that piece of worn flannel. You leave pieces with some and they leave their pieces with you. All the while each and every square makes up a part of what is you. Be okay with the squares people leave you. For life is too short to expect from people what they do not have to give, or were not called to give you.

If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

Sometimes a tragedy must happen to keep a soul on schedule. This is the reason for things that seem to have no reason. This is the reason that we cannot fathom when we are going through it.Perhaps I will get very sick. People wonder why cancer exists when it is just a clever method to teach people lessons about love and loss. It borrows time or steals it depending on the needs of Heaven. It is a vehicle to get us where we need to be. It calls us home because something needs us there.

Have a loving heart and a beautiful mind.

Take life a little more gladly, Every disappointment a little more lightly, Every heartache a little more positively, And you have a little more days to live.

Unstrained, I sit and gaze, glare, survey, starethrough barred windows encased in embroidered steel. Pearly frosted dust obstructs the channels of light, leaving only small pillars of fire, arranged in disordered fragments. The antiquated sallow walls are stained with crimson braids that wreathe and scuttle about the rimes and rifts.

Sam came to a fork in the road. One sign said 'SLAMMED DOORS, Path of Discouragement. Continue doing what you're doing.' The other sign said 'OPEN DOORS, Path of Change. Do something different.' And so he was presented with a choice. It was a "no-brainer" to choose the path of "OPEN DOORS." But the question became, 'What to do different?

The mind of God is a mystery and none can understand it.

People with victim mentality attracts people in their lives that tease them, abuse them and even bully them instead of building mutually benefitting relationships

Don’t always deprive yourself trying to please others

Struggle is like a tunnel in the road of life; you have to enter, you have to come out.

He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

Sometimes we don’t have a choice in where we come from, but we can definitely choose where we go from there.

Lord I thank you for the grace of living life.

If cats could count, they’d start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.

Aren't we lucky to be us?

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living.

And he would put his arms around her and hold her, but he had no idea what to tell her. In his mind, Gregor knew how to kill things, not bring them back ti life.

The things that could be controlled, though, was this moment. And Elijah kissed me like it was a natural-born instinct. We had our story and they had theirs. No, ours wasn’t exactly beautiful or magical, or any of those things they made us believe in. More often than not, we cried and were reckless with every decision. Those feelings we held onto in that moment were ever-changing; we did the impossible and never doubted for a second that we’d do it again. Because in our story there were no rules to hold us back or people to judge and misuse us. We were limitless.“Our love,” Elijah breathed against my lips, “will be infamous. And that’s our secret.”I nodded with my eyes still closed and allowed his touch to overwhelm me. Every moment with him was like a walk in the dark, a dive into the forbidden deep. And unlike the others—I welcomed the darkness.“Make love to me,” I whispered. They were words uttered before, but this time they held the weight of the moment and our will to never let it go. Eli needed no further permission and he encased me—consumed my very being—with his soft kisses and soothing caresses. Everywhere he touched flared and burned. And I flew.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

Life IS a competition. ALWAYS. No matter whether any of us want it to be or not!

Life demands much. Give more.