QUOTATIONS ON LIFE AND LIVING
1. Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler
2 . By the time you learn the rules of life, you are too old to play the game. Times of India
3. Life is not a science; we make it up as we go along. Al Hirschfeld
4. Don't take life too seriously because you will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard
5. Life is a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. Anonymous
6. When we forgive, we free ourselves from the bitter ties that bind us to the one who hurt us. C. Frazier-Yzaquirre
7. When you stop spending time with real friends you lose your balance. Michael Levine
8. Look at life through the wind shield, not the rear-view mirror. Byrd Baggett
9. Life would be more serene and sweet, no aching or abrasion, if shoes were bought to fit the
feet instead of the occasion. Reader's Dig. Feb.88
10. The great majority of men exist but do not live. Benjamin Disraeli
11. Life is a train of moods like a string of beads and as we pass through them they prove to be
many coloured lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies
in its own focus. Ralph W. Emerson
12. To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die. Vauvenargues
13. Pythagoras used to say life resembles the Olympic Games; a few men strain their muscles to
carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to sell to the crowd for a profit, and some there are (and
not the worst) who seek no forth advantage than to look at the show and see how and why
everything is done. Montaigne
14. The ability to confront issues is really important to a successful career, may be even to a
successful life. Amy Digeso
15. You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create. Mike Murdock
16. Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. Charles M. Schulz
17. At any given moment life is completely seseless. But viewed over a long period, it seems
to reveal itself as an organism existing in time having a purpose, tending in a certain
direction. Aldous Huxley
18. No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake
19. You can not discover the purpose of life by asking someone else - the only way you will
ever get the right answer is by asking yourself. Terri Guillemets
20. Remain even-minded at all times, even amidst profit or loss, pleasure or pain, sickness or
health, victory or defeat, praise or criticism. Bhagavad Gita
21. Life is too complicated not to be orderly. Martha Stewart
22. The lies we tell ourselves are more pernicious than the lies we tell others. Anonymous
23. Strive to be in good company even when you are alone. Anonymous
24. Who is feared by many, fears many. German proverb
25. When you don't know what you want, you often end up where you don't want to be. Bob Greene
26. One of the secrets of life is 'to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks'. Jack Penn
27. Old age begins when a person starts worrying about it. Anonymous
28. A man can not ride your back unless it is bent. Martin Luther King Jr.
29. The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. Sydney J. Harris
30. Some days for no perceptible reason I feel scared, lonely and hopeless. After a good
night's sleep or a talk with someone who holds my hand and tells me to keep going, I am
usually just fine. Reader's Dig. Oct.96
31. The most absolute dictator's power is not as great as a typical parent's power over a child. Anonymous
32. There are two things that experience should teach; the first is that one must correct a lot,
the second is that one must not correct too much. Reader's Dig. Oct.89
33. Beware the fury of a patient man. John Dryden
34. He who can not endure the bad will not live to see the good. Jewish proverb
35. If you are losing a tug-of-war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm.
You can always buy a new rope. Max Gunther
36. Do not throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. Swedish proverb
37. If you want to make a mountain out of a molehill, all you have to do is add dirt. American proverb
38. An apology is the super glue of life. It can repair just about anything. Lynn Johnston
39. A mind troubled by doubt can not focus on the course of victory. Arthur Golden
40. When the system is corrupted, the easy way is 'do what is commonly done'. K.N.Owwell
41. The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all,
it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible. Corrie Ten Boom
42. Manage change before it manages you. encyclopedia.com
43. Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out. Stephen A.Kallis Jr.
44. Success, for some people, depends on becoming well known; for others, it depends on
never being found out. Ashleigh Brilliant
45. Half of our mistakes in life arise from thinking when we ought to feel and feeling when we
ought to think. Robert Frost
46. A major cause of unhappiness is overthinking the happiness of others. Anonymous
47. Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. Sicilian proverb
48. Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavour, keeps it from being too dry and makes
easier to swallow. Diane Johnson
49. Many can rise to the occasion but few know when to sit down. snow.prohosting.com
50. There are three things that if a man does not know, he can not live long in this world: what
is too much for him, what is too little for him and what is just right for him. Reader's Dig. Mar.96
51. Smart people speak from experience. Smarter people, from experience, do not speak. geocities.com
52. Never give in - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - except to convictions of honour and
good sense. Winston Churchill
53. There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. Bennett William John
54. No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is
focussed, dedicated and disciplined. Harry E. Fosdick
55. To err is human, to blame others is more human. Bob Goddard
56. Never sacrifice honour to gain honours. Anonymous
57. Great successes are built on taking your negatives and turning them around. P.Diddy
58. Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur
59. Uncetainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only
security. John Allen Paulos
60. Properly handled, a certain amount of stress can work on our behalf. Anonymous
61. If you have a dream, wake up pursue it. Zig Zigler
62. Obstacles are things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. Henry Ford
63. Keep your face to the sunshine and you can not see the shadows. Helen Keller
64. The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Marcus Aurelius
65 The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. T. M. Hesburgh
66 The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other. Jan Blaustone
67. "Two months ago I had firmly decided on getting a divorce". Barbara confides to her girlfriend,
"but then the television broke down and could not be used for five days. During that time I
learned to appreciate my husband as an intelligent, affectionate partner". Reader's Dig. Apr 95 68. Kissing: a means of getting two peole so close together that they can't see anything wrong
with each other. Rene Yasenek
69 There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as
though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein
70. The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because
they are generaly the same people. G. K.Chesterton
71. If you are lost in the sea (in life), the only way to survive is simply float up (never give up) and
swim (act) only when you are in the direction of land (with clear goals). K.N. Owwell
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