Life Is Quotes - Page 17

• I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

  Iris DeMent

  Christian, Religious, Thinking

  "The poor are treated like enemies". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. April 18, 1998.

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• I'll say life is simpler.

  Jayson Williams

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• Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.

  Novalis

  Self, Unions, Sake

  Novalis (1997). “Novalis: Philosophical Writings”, p.25, SUNY Press

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• Our natural and happiest life is when we lose ourselves in the exquisite absorption of home, the delicious retirement of dependent love.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Retirement, Home, Natural

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• About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

  E. W. Howe

  Education, Son, Men

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• Yes, I believe in guardian angels, because otherwise I must believe that life is a string of death-defying miracles - and I don't believe in miracles.

  Robert Breault

  Believe, Angel, Miracle

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• Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it will not be worth that pebble on the path.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Men, Purpose, Path

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mary Lutyens (1973). “The second Penguin Krishnamurti reader”

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• Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.

  W. H. Auden

  Communication, Human Life, Humans

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• Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.

  B. C. Forbes

  Perfect, Decision, Judgement

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• An abundance of some good things is perfectly compatible with the scarcity of others; that life is everywhere precarious, man everywhere small.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Nature, Men, Scarcity

  Joseph Wood Krutch (1977). “The desert year”, Penguin Books, 1977

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• If God's people hunger deeply enough, God will hear and send revival. God requires more than casual prayers for revival. He wants His people to hunger and thirst for His mighty working. To seek God's face is far more than occasionally mentioning revival in our prayer. It involves repeated and prolonged prayer. It requires holy determination in prayer, examining ourselves to see if anything in our lives is hindering God.

  Wesley L Duewel

  Determination, Prayer, People

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• Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.

  Thomas Holcroft

  Life, Attitude, Weight Loss

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• A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

  Alyce Cornyn-Selby

  Life, Drama, Humorous

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• My life is dedicated to the discovery of God, the advancement of science, and the pre-eminence of England.

  Kedar Joshi

  Determination, Discovery, Advancement

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• It takes some living to discover that the living itself is one's life, that life is not a goal to attain but a possession to relish.

  Dale Rex Coman

  Life, Goal, Possession

  Dale REx Coman (1972). “The Endless Adventure”

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• An essential part of a happy, healthy life is being of service to others.

  Sue Thoele

  Healthy, Essentials, Service To Others

  Sue Patton Thoele (2016). “The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem”, p.132, Conari Press

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• Love cannot triumph unless it becomes the one passion of our life. Without such passion we may produce isolated acts of love; but our life is not really won over or consecrated to an ideal. Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Blessed, Passion, Accomplish Nothing

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• It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Strong, Struggle, Order

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• The meaning of life is 'the ultimate questioner's vanity.'

  Kedar Joshi

  Life, Science, Vanity

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• Life is the most precious and wondrous thing that any of us have. Along the way, one of the real miracles occurs when we realize that what really matters is to deepen our relationship to ourselves and that to do this we have to enter a spiritual journey. We have to discover anew, or for the first time, our own relationship to the Infinite. We must begin to risk trusting a whole new level of intimacy with ourselves, life and the people whose lives we touch.

  Richard Moss

  Spiritual, Real, Journey

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• Unlived dreams often show up in your body as disease. Go for the Big Wow. Life is short!

  Christiane Northrup

  Dream, Life Is Short, Body

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• Life is too meaningful to die.

  Kedar Joshi

  Life, Meaningful, Purpose

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• Life is a question asked by God about the way he exists.

  Kedar Joshi

  Life, Way, Questions Asked

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• The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do not exist and the one who exists I do not see.

  Kedar Joshi

  Life, Tragedy, Fundamentals

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