Life Quotes

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.

I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

Life is a dead-end street.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

My father had not even completed high school when he started as an office boy working for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and I am not sure that my mother completed high school.

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.

Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

Much as soldiers come back, they've been in combat or the edge of it and suddenly that adjustment back to civilian life is a real challenge.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.