Quotes on Life

There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.

One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.

Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm.

There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

What is to give light must endure burning.

Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don't waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature. Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor . . . I fought to win.

That we devote ourselves to God, is seen In living just as though no God there were.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.