Life Quotes

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  The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker (1701). “The Emperor-Marcus Antonius: his conversation with himself. together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker”

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• Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

  Roberto Assagioli

  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Revenge

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• The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Wise

  Albert Schweitzer (1958). “A Selection of Writings of and about Albert Schweitzer”, Boston : [s.n.], 1958 (Boston : H.N. Sawyer Company)

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• Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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  We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

  Henry James

  Inspirational, Art, Passion

  "The Middle Years" (1893)

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• Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

  Emily Dickinson

  Inspirational, Wise, Hope

  " 'Hope' is the thing with feathers" l. 1 (ca. 1862) SeeWoody Allen 20

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• The Warrior of the Light concentrates on the small miracles of daily life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Warrior, Light, Miracle

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• No animal needs to die in order for me to live. And that makes me feel good.

  Howard Lyman

  Animal, Order, Feel Good

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• The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Relationship, Peace

  Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

  Aleister Crowley

  Mistake, Mean, Exercise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

  Voltaire

  Happy Birthday, Funny Birthday, Giving

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• At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.

  Paulo Coelho

  Happiness, Inspiring, Inspiration

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “Eleven Minutes: A Novel”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast.
  In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Positive, Powerful

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• Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Best Friend, Marriage

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.103, Wordsworth Editions

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• Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Work Out

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• Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Mother, Dream

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• Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

  Mark Twain

  Love, Inspirational, Smile

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• Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Self Improvement, Trying

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• Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Inspirational, Emotional, Slave

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.127, A&C Black

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• If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger - something that matters.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Inspirational, Passion, Entrepreneur

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• There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

  Lord Byron

  Love, Dying, Answers

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• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sarcastic, Time

  "Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays Vol. 1 1852-1890".

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• You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Knowing Who You Are, Shoes

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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