Moments Of Life Quotes - Page 3

• A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life.

  Vannevar Bush

  May, Facts, Belief

  "Science is Not Enough" by Vannevar Bush, (pp. 28-29), 1967.

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• If I could prescribe a single rule for looking at a work of art it would be to enjoy it. If we're honest with ourselves, we have to admit we enjoy our tears just as much as we enjoy our laughter. The only moments of life that are a bore are when we don't care one way or another.

  Vincent Price

  Art, Laughter, Tears

  Vincent Price (2016). “I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography”, p.270, Open Road Media

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• I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life.

  Jenifer Lewis

  Moments

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Giving Up, Practice, Sublime

  "Jefferson: Political Writings".

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• If we want other people to give us something that only God can give, we become a demon. We say, "Love me!" and before you know it we become violent and demanding and manipulative. It's so important that we keep forgiving one another - not once in a while, but every moment of life.

  Henri Nouwen

  Forgiveness, People, Giving

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• Every moment of life mattered. Even the perfect snowflake that alighted on his palm and melted in seconds.

  Kristen Britain

  Perfect, Snowflake, Moments

  Kristen Britain (2011). “The High King's Tomb”, p.429, Hachette UK

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• My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.

  Bear Grylls

  Life And Death, Moments, Intimate

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• Each moment of life is a step toward death.

  Sandra Gulland

  Steps, Life Is, Moments

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• When you see such photos, you can't help but wonder at just how sweet and sad and innocent all moments of life are rendered by the tripping of a camera's shutter, for at that point the future is still unknown and has yet to hurt us, and also for that brief moment, our poses are accepted as honest.

  Douglas Coupland

  Sweet, Hurt, Cameras

  Douglas Coupland (2015). “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture”, p.28, Hachette UK

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• I think death is not simply the last few moments of life, death is something that runs throughout the whole of life. Each of our moments is not only the possibility of affirmation, but it's also we're saying farewell at each moment to something.

  Kevin Hart

  Running, Farewell, Thinking

  "The Poetry and Prayers of Kevin Hart". "Encounter" with Carmel Howard, www.abc.net.au. June 5, 2011.

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• Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.

  Matsuo Basho

  Lasts, Life Is, Moments

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• From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live; and, as at the instant of birth we partake of the rights of citizenship, that instant ought to be the beginning of the exercise of our duty.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Exercise, Men, Rights

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1973). “The social contract: and, Discourses”, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd

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• From the beginning moments of life, the urges for each of us to become a self in the world are there--in the liveliness of our innate growth energies, in the vitality of our stiffening-away muscles, in our looking eyes, our listening ears, our reaching-out hands.

  Louise J. Kaplan

  Children, Eye, Listening Ear

  Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

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