Life Quotes - Page 40

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  Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Business, Simple, Simplicity

  Walden ch. 2 (1854)

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• Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. Some things are so sad that only your soul can do the crying for them.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Inspirational, Loneliness, Believe

  "Shantaram". Book by Gregory David Roberts, 2003.

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• We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, it seems.

  Arthur O'Shaughnessy

  Music, Dream, Moon

  'Ode" l. 7 (1874)

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• You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Eye, Positivity

  Dr. Seuss (1978). “I can read with my eyes shut!”

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• Lord, how the day passes! It's like a life - so quickly when we don't watch it and so slowly when we do.

  John Steinbeck

  Watches, Lord

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.234, Penguin

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• Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

  Ann Patchett

  Mean, Gone, Way

  Ann Patchett (2008). “What Now?”, Harpercollins

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• Life is a process of accumulation. We either accumulate the debt or the value, the regret or the equity.

  Jim Rohn

  Regret, Entrepreneur, Debt

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Nov 03, 2015

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• The truth is that things matter. They have to, they are what we live with and touch each and every day. They represent what we've seen, who we've loved and where we hope to go next. They remind us of the good times and the rough patches and everything in between that's made us who we are.

  Nate Berkus

  Love, Meaningful, Hope

  Nate Berkus (2012). “The Things That Matter”, p.10, Spiegel & Grau

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• I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Death, Letting Go, Years

  F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli (1995). “The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection”, p.618, Simon and Schuster

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• Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Faith, Christian, Religious

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.75, CCEL

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• Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thank You

  "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

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• You'd be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.

  Ernest Cline

  Funny, Humorous, Novelists

  "Ready Player One". Book by Ernest Cline, 2011.

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• Allah manages everything in the heavens and earth—the sun, the moon, the stars—with perfection, and yet we don’t trust Him to manage our lives!

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Trust, God, Faith

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• to love is to risk, not being loved in return. to hope is to risk pain. to try is to risk failure. but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in my life is to risk nothing.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Pain, Taken

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• Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Inspirational, Doors, Evil

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.18, Shambhala Publications

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• I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Trying, President, Each Day

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, God, People

  Twitter post from Sep 23, 2012

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• In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!

  Tom Cruise

  Inspirational, Hope, What You Deserve

  FaceBook post by Tom Cruise from Jun 14, 2011

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• It takes courage to be the author of your life.

  Nicholas Lore

  Courage, Bravery, Authorship

  Nicholas Lore (2012). “The Pathfinder: How to Choose Or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success”, p.180, Simon and Schuster

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• There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.

  Russell Simmons

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Friday

  FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Mar 05, 2012

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• Don't spend money on things... spend money on experiences. You'll enjoy life a lot more!

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Money, Fun, Entrepreneur

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• Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, God, Christian

  "Pope Francis Celebrates Easter Sunday", abcnews.go.com.

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• A kingdom man understands that God never said a godly life would be easy; He just said it would be worth it.

  Tony Evans

  God, Faith, Christian

  FaceBook post by Tony Evans from Dec 11, 2013

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• I’m not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time.

  Sage Francis

  Death, Time, Dying

  Song: Agony in her Body, Album: A Healthy Distrust, 2005

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