Quotes on Given Life

And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight.

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.