Life Quotes

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences; just the same, you need to understand that many of the writers we have now couldn't load a revolver.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it.

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Life must be lived as play.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Life is unfair. I got nothing but the best.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.