Live By Quotes

• The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

  Plutarch

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

  Tim Field

  Meaningful, Being Yourself, Bullying

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• Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Inspirational, Life, Book

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  Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• As the body lives by breathing, so the soul lives by believing.

  Thomas Brooks

  Christian, Believe, Breathing

  Thomas Brooks (1866). “The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks. Ed”, p.95

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• To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.

  Brennan Manning

  Mean, Dark, Light

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.17, Multnomah

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• Live out of your imagination, not your history.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

  Stephen R. Covey (1999). “Choice: Choosing the Proactive Life You Want to Live”, Franklincovey

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• As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Motivational, Fitness, Work

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• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

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• You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  Mae West

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

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• Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad.

  William James

  Yes And No

  "The Thought and Character of William James". Book by Ralph Barton Perry, 1935.

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  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

  Francis Chan

  What Matters, Purpose, Definitions

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.93, David C Cook

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• Being trustworthy is something you are, something you stand for and a core value you live by. It isn't something you can train for nor is it something you can manipulate. You either have those values or you don't.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Trust, Manipulate, Core Values

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• People create success in their lives by focusing on today. It may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It's too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. That's why today matters. Most of the time we miss that.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Yesterday, People

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• A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

  Joyce Meyer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Smile, Graduation

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  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Beautiful, Being Yourself

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

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  Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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