Our Lives Quotes - Page 31

• Tradition is the thief of power. There is no area of our lives where that theft is more evident than in the area of divine healing.

  Rod Parsley

  Healing, Thieves, Tradition

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• The truth is we're all probably more creative than we realize, except we spend our lives watching TV or reading somebody else's book. We never pick up a brush and stand in front of our own easel.

  Adam Carolla

  Reading, Book, Creative

  "‘How Dare You!’: Q&A with Adam Carolla". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2010.

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• Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts.

  Yann Martel

  Facts, Truth Is, Certain

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• What interests me very much as a writer is the ability for writing to have our lives to be occupied so vividly by others. I think that's what we long for as writers.

  Nicole Krauss

  Writing, Thinking, Long

  "Nicole Krauss’ Plot Thickens". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2010.

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• Food is such an important part of our lives, and sometimes we tend to diminish the importance of that, because we rely on conveniences or because our lives are so complicated. We forget about those moments that we can actually share around the table with our family, with our friends, with our loved ones.

  Thomas Keller

  Important, Tables, Forget

  "Table Talk with Thomas Keller". Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. November 24, 2009.

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• Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people. And so I'm happy if I'm with Ann; I'm happier if I'm also with my family and my grandchildren.

  Mitt Romney

  Grandchildren, Thinking, Numbers

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• The Bible is ... as necessary to spiritual life as breath is to natural life. There is nothing more essential to our lives than the Word of God.

  Jack W. Hayford

  Spiritual, Bible Reading, Essentials

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• Every dollar the federal government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us, will make our economy stronger, our lives more abundant, our future more free.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Decision, Stronger

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• It is crucial that we realize the great value of human existence, the opportunity and the potential that our brief lives afford us. It is only as humans that we have the possibility of implementing changes in our lives.

  Dalai Lama

  Opportunity, Realizing, Possibility

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• Recently, results of the Human Genome Project have shattered one of Science's fundamental core beliefs, the concept of genetic determinism. We have been led to believe that our genes determine the character of our lives, yet new research surprisingly reveals that it is the character of our lives that controls our genes. Rather than being victims of our heredity, we are actually masters of our genome.

  Bruce H. Lipton

  Believe, Character, Research

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• Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

  Maya Lin

  Accomplishment, Our Actions, Made

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• When we discover this and give our lives to it, we are leaders. This is the Path of Leadership. Whatever our age or phase of life, we must enter and stay on the Path of Leadership. The future of the world depends upon it-upon you.

  Oliver DeMille

  Giving, Leader, Age

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• Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Names, Blind, Obedience

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• Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Risk, Dying, Wake Up

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• When the most important times are occurring, we don't even recognize them or notice. We are just busy living our lives. Only looking back do we know what was a great moment in our lives.

  Federico Fellini

  Important, Busy, Moments

  Federico Fellini, Charolette Chandler (2001). “I, Fellini”, p.37, Cooper Square Press

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• Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Block, Melting Away, Ice

  Sathya Sai Baba (1988). “Education in human values”

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• Living our lives may not be an exciting prospect to some of us either. Maybe we've been so wrapped up in other people that we've forgotten how to live and enjoy our lives.

  Melody Beattie

  People, May, Forgotten

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, p.113, Hazelden Publishing

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• There is no more honorable thing any of us can do with our lives than to work to put part of the world off-limits to the activities of human beings.

  David Foreman

  World, Limits, Honorable

  Interview with Derrick Jensen, www.derrickjensen.org. December 4, 2004.

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• The entire life of Jesus isn't the story of somebody climbing up a ladder; it's a picture of someone coming down-a series of demotions. The problem with spending our lives climbing up the ladder is that we will go right past Jesus, for He's coming down.

  John Ortberg

  Jesus, Past, Climbing Up

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• ...A traveller is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from - toward; it is the history of every one of us. It is a great art to saunter.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Art, Traveller, Profession

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• The tragic evils of our life are so commonly unintentional. We did not start out for that poor, cheap goal. That aim was not in our minds at all....Look to the road you are walking on. He who picks up one end of [a] stick picks up the other.He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Evil, Goal, Mind

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• Ninety-nine one-hundredths of our lives we are mere hedgers and ditchers, but from time to time we meet with reminders of our destiny.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Destiny, Ninety Nine, Reminders

  Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews (2005). “True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every Day of the Year”, p.26, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• We must live our lives in such a way that our children, and their children after them, will form a natural and lasting commitment to the vigorous life. Only in this way can we be assured that the spirit and strength of America will be constantly replenished.

  John F. Kennedy

  Children, Commitment, America

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• The Saints in Heaven through the Holy Spirit behold the glory of God and the beauty of the Lord's Countenance. But in this same Holy Spirit they see our lives too, and our deeds. They know our sorrows and hear our burning prayers. When they were living on earth they learned of the love of God from the Holy Spirit; and he who knows love on earth takes it with him into eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven, where love grows and becomes perfect. And if love makes one unable to forget a brother here, how much more must the Saints remember and pray for us!

  Silouan the Athonite

  Brother, Prayer, Perfect

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• Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.

  Dogen

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