I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.
Jimmy BuffettRead
I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.
Interpretation
Life is a journey filled with both joys and challenges, and the value of relationships outweighs material wealth.
In this quote, Jimmy Buffett compares life to a voyage, suggesting that it encompasses a range of experiences that can be both delightful and daunting. He emphasizes that true wealth is found not in possessions but in the love and support of family and friends, highlighting the importance of connection over material gains.
In practice
In a motivational speech about valuing personal relationships over material success.
I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.
Shells sink, dreams float. Life's good on our boat.
Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way.
It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here. It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call. Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all, you've seen it all. Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. In your belly, you hold the treasure that few have ever seen, most of them dreams, most of them dreams.
Life was just a tire swing. 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, And I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing.
My life is one demd horrid grind.
I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I'm not a person who wants to die. I'm a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that.
Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.
Enjoy yourself, drink, call the life you live today your own; but only that, the rest belongs to chance.
After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside.
Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer of their complex, troubled existences. To practise anything other than kindness towards them, to treat them in any way save generously, is to quietly deny their humanity.
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