Quotes on Life

I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.

Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.

A word in season is most precious.

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

Persuasion is better than force.

What we make of people, and what we see in the mirror when we look at ourselves, depends on what we know of the world, what we believe to be possible, what memories we have, and whether our loyalties are to the past, the present or the future.

Change is an event but a transition is the process that you go through in response to the change.

The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

I learned that every mortal will taste death. But only some will taste life.

Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!

Life is so great that we only get a tiny moment to enjoy everything we see. And that moment is right now. And that moment is counting down. And that moment is always, always fleeting. You will never be as young as you are right now.

Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God’s appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.