Quotes on Life

It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.

Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life. That is where God speaks. The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life is not to make you number one in the world's eyes, but to make him number one in your life. We must be willing to be outshone while shining for God. We hear very little about being smaller in our own self-estimate.

I opened the window and my heart. The sun flooded my house and Love flooded my soul.

A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

If you take the approach that “good” is not an accident - that everyone and everything that shows up in your life is there for a reason - you’ll begin to see every event (no matter how difficult or challenging) as a chance for enrichment and advancement in your life.

A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory, and very few eyes can see the mystery of his life, a life like the scriptures, figurative.

Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted. And then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it. And you can count on Apple doing that.

I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

Life and hope for the world are to be found only in the deeds of love.

If you use that time where you're alone in ways that bring you joy and peace, then that solitude can have a really positive effect on your life.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.