Short Life Quotes - Page 9

• The older you get, the more you live with ghosts.

  Nick Tosches

  Life Is Short, Friends Come And Go, Ghost

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• If our knowledge is, as I believe, only an island in an infinite sea of ignorance, how can we in our short lifetime find satisfaction in exploring our little island? How can we persuade ourselves to be exhilarated by our meager knowledge and yet not be discouraged by the ocean vistas?

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Believe, Ocean, Ignorance

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• It would be more concerned with the Whole than the parts and has to proceed from the premise that death and pain, short life spans, and no bread without sweat must be accepted.

  Stephanie Mills

  Pain, Sweat, Would Be

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines.

  Eric Greitens

  Believe, Life Is Short, Today

  Eric Greitens (2011). “The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL”, p.297, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

  Kate Adie

  Life, Heart, Literature

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• It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.

  John Phillips

  Life, Horse, Frustration

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• Art is eternal, but life is short.

  Evelyn De Morgan

  Life, Inspiring, Art

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• We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Years, Today, Sometimes

  Edith Schaeffer (1972). “Hidden art”

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• Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Life, Light, Long

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• Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close: — then let every one of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others — some goodly strength or knowledge gained for yourselves.

  John Ruskin

  Morning, Dawn, Done

  "Lectures on Art: Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870".

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• Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.

  Alan Watts

  Life, Cheer Up, Reality

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• I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Joy, Important, Waste

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• I loved playing [the Doctor], and taking part in the basic essence and message of the series which is, it's a short life, seize it, and live it as fully as you can. Care for others. Be respectful of all other life forms, regardless of colour or creed. To be part of that was fantastic.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Doctors, Essence, Care

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• In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Photography seems to fix, but this is an illusion created by our short lives. A photograph is merely a note held for 200 years.

  Douglas McCulloh

  Photography, Years, Illusion

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• The only things that interested me were sports, girls, adventures, celebrities - in short, life.

  Porfirio Rubirosa

  Girl, Sports, Adventure

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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 6, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

  Ann Landers

  Positive, Witty, Truth

  Ann Landers (1996). “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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  Action is the foundational key to all success.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

  Randy Pausch

  Life, Change, Positive

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2010). “The Last Lecture: Lessons in Living”, Hodder Paperbacks

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• Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

  Sivananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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