Life Quotes - Page 39

The origin of the word fail means to stop functioning. So as long as you haven't stopped, you haven't failed.

When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there … now instead of then.

People who know God truly change the life of their nation, and not the government

There is but one path of safety to the Latter-day Saints, and that is the path of duty. It is not testimony, it is not marvelous manifestations, it is not knowing that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true, . . . it is not actually knowing that the Savior is the Redeemer, and that Joseph Smith was His prophet, that will save you and me, but it is the keeping of the commandments of God, the living the life of a Latter-day Saint. [Heber J. Grant, Improvement Era, November 1936, p. 659] Quoted in “Waiting Upon the Lord” By Henry B. Eyring, BYU Speeches, 30 Sept 1990

To be a rainbow in someone’s cloud is commendable, but I prefer to be the rain because it dampens cheeks and washes away tears.

The devil hates the people who build the broken walls, he detests those who restore them

Truth is Evidence of Love. And, Nothing Can Stop the Power of Trusting and Loving Unconditionally.

Death is beautiful, part of life... No, it is sad. It’s sad when anyone dies. Even though every single human dies. So it’s really not that sad.

One is never too late to become young at heart.

Discipline begins where you are, and the key to sustaining the level of discipline you need lies in developing daily habits and routines which mirror the life you want to have.

Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.

Inner peace begins when nothing can disturb the calmness of your mind.

We kept our secrets because we don't want to reveal what we were before

Focusing on what you don’t want instead of focusing on what do want gets you nowhere. Negativity makes a horrible motivator. Decide what you want and move in that direction.

Joy and happiness are the treasures of life and it comes when we appreciate and express gratitude for the abundance of our life.

I feel thankful for the grace of life.

You'll let him talk you out of your dreams. That's what love does sometimes- talks you out of your dreams." "Not me," Katie said. "Jack would talk me into my dreams.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC

The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life.

I wanted it to be you. I wanted your eyes to be locked with mine during every fear and tear experienced throughout my lifetime.

I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should be making if we really believe that animal exploitation is wrong, but because these approaches cannot work as a practical matter. Animals are property and it costs money to protect their interests; therefore, the level of protection accorded to animal interests will always be low and animals will, under the best of circumstances, still be treated in ways that would constitute torture if applied to humans.By endorsing welfare reforms that supposedly make exploitation more “compassionate” or single-issue campaigns that falsely suggest that there is a coherent moral distinction between meat and dairy or between fur and wool or between steak and foie gras, we betray the principle of justice that says that all sentient beings are equal for purposes of not being used exclusively as human resources. And, on a practical level, we do nothing more than make people feel better about animal exploitation.

Illusion is a false perception but delusion is a fixed false belief.

For a man he get his own ship and his own strong wind, but he cannot stop missing all the passing breezes that never come again.

The silences here are retreats of sound, like the retreat of the surf before a tidal wave: sound draining away, down slopes of acoustic passage, to gather, someplace else, to a great surge of noise.

So I watch her work and put all her energy, all her force, all herself, all is inside her work. Does she think that this is what life means? She goes to work in the dark and comes home when it’s dark. Does she know what the world looks like when the sun is shining?

If a person is saved, and still continues to live according to his former worldly way of life, he isnot only destroying himself and his salvation — he is also destroying his whole life.

It feels like the world is folding up around me, like origami paper, and I’m trapped inside of its breathless center.

You think an idea's bad but to others, it's a brilliant idea. Instead of thinking that an idea is bad, look at it differently and the final outcome of this "bad" idea will shock you. Rules should be followed. It is a tradition to know what can and can't be done. But innovation doesn't require the boundaries rules provide. It is when you stop following that you start having unexpected fun.

As humanity perfects itself, man becomes degraded. When everything is reduced to the mere counter-balancing of economic interests, what room will there be for virtue? When Nature has been so subjugated that she has lost all her original forms, where will that leave the plastic arts? And so on. In the mean time, things are going to get very murky.

That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

Being married or having children does not mean you are living an effective life

It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they?

Days are made to be filled with laughter.

I can still make a fist, and breath still burns in my chest. So look at my face. Look at my mortal soul, and remember it. You did not crush me, and you will have the rest of eternity to think on it.

a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension.

Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.

The sound of life, Everyone has got their own song playing in the background of their life , some has melody and some has depressing music and some extra ordinary people are standing their choosing the type of music that they want to play - Be that kind of people.

Life isn't filled with perfect harmony. The world is littered with bum notes, off-key moments and tuneless episodes. The trick is to find your own music, to ignore the discord and sing your own tune.

Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.

Don't let the magic slip away," he says, "or you'll sink into the quicksand of the ordinary.

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one, of those times, Hem. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we.

I did not reach thee,tBut my feet slip nearer every day;tThree Rivers and a Hill to cross,tOne Desert and a Sea—tI shall not count the journey onet When I am telling thee.tTwo deserts—but the year is coldtSo that will help the sand—tOne desert crossed, the second onetWill feel as cool as land.t Sahara is too little pricetTo pay for thy Right hand!tThe sea comes last. Step merry, feet!tSo short have we to gotTo play together we are prone,t But we must labor now,tThe last shall be the lightest loadtThat we have had to draw.tThe Sun goes crooked—that is night—tBefore he makes the bendt We must have passed the middle sea,tAlmost we wish the endtWere further off—too great it seemstSo near the Whole to stand.tWe step like plush, we stand like snow—t The waters murmur now,tThree rivers and the hill are passed,tTwo deserts and the sea!tNow Death usurps my premiumtAnd gets the look at Thee.

My Miracle, living through a Traumatic brain Injury

Maybe people like us can’t be happy. Maybe we’re too damaged and the only thing we can do is to learn how to hate ourselves a little less.

To change one's field of influence is to change the course of one's life.

I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!

Even in the most uneventful of our lives, we are called upon to choose our battles...

Life wants you to know that feelings are more important than facts, and you should never hurt someone just to be right.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.

Time wounds all heals.

Life becomes boring when it has no destination or purpose.

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. The worse their rhymes are, the more picturesque they look. The mere fact of having published a book of second-rate sonnets makes a man quite irresistible. He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize.

I have faith in us as a family, and our friends. I think we will survive because we don’t wish to harm anyone. If you ever need something to believe in, believe that to stand and fight for the people you love is the most honorable thing you can do with your life.

Let me not fear the tragedies of life but fear the triumphs.

I think if we stop running towards broken arms, we’d all be just fine.

Awaiting within us is something beyond our thoughts and beliefs.

My pathways are defined by the Creator.