Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
While there's life, there's hope.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.
Life is a series of commas, not periods.
You change your life by changing your heart.
Life loves the liver of it.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
My trade and art is to live.
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
Once your mind and body is healthy, it creates a freedom that helps you enjoy life.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
I fear that the day I die, I am going to die without accomplishing what I have in my mind. Life is too short, and a lot of things can happen, and I am really keen to see it with my own eyes - and that is why I am in a hurry.
My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life.
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Our life is the sum total of all the decisions we make every day, and those decisions are determined by our priorities.
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.
Don't die old, die empty. That's the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.