A Quotes
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“A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.”
Source: Going Solo
“A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven.”
“a life is measured by moments like these”
Source: Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)
“A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.”
“A life is not a waste of time”
Source: Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
“A life is not meant to be half lived. It is meant to be fully, wholly embraced. If you want to make a change in the world you have to be strong. You have to take chances. You have to persevere. Sometimes you must blindly go in a direction that you may be unsure of, but one that you have faith will lead you to the right place.”
“A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.”
“A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.”
Source: Black-belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches, Addresses, and Talks to Students of Booker T. Washington ...
“A life is such a strange object, at one moment translucent, at another utterly opaque, an object I make with my own hands, an object imposed on me, an object for which the world provides the raw material and then steals it from me again, pulverized by events, scattered, broken, scored yet retaining its unity; how heavy it is and how inconsistent: this contradiction breeds many misunderstandings.”
“A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.”
Source: Elsewhere
“A life isn't measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I've been luckier than most. Almost sixteen years on Earth, and I've already had eight good ones here. I expect to have eight more before all's good said and done. Nearly thirty-two years total, and that's not too shabby”
“A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.”
“A life less of its purpose is the soul's and spirit's graveyards.”
“A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.”
“A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant shadow of illness, and even rise to moments of rampant joy, but the shadow remains, and one has to make space for it.”
“A life like mine annoys most people, they go to their jobs every day, attend to things, give orders, pummel typewriters, and get two or three weeks off every year, and it vexes them to see someone else not bothering to do these things and yet getting away with it, not starving, being lucky as they call it. 5 - 6”
Source: Open to the Public: New & Collected Stories
“A life like Nixon's is filled with shame and filled with glory. He loved to quote Teddy Roosevelt: "He was a man; sometimes right, sometimes wrong, but he was a man." I love that line.”
“A life lived at less than its full potential is a life half wasted.”
“A life lived by shoulds is a life lived by shadows.”
Source: The Boxmaker’s Apprentice
“A life lived following one's dreams and passions is the purest form of existence. It is the only way to truly understand the music of the universe.”
“A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.”
“A life lived for love is never lost.”
“A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in Paris or the poet's pad in Greenwich Village, the artist must have some kind of order or he will proudce a very small body of work. To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.”
Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“A life lived in chaos is an impossibility.”
Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“A life lived in fear is a life half lived.”
“A life lived in love will never be dull.”
“A life lived in shame is a painful one.”
“A life lived is enough to make it worthwhile.”
Source: The Why Of Life: Why We Live Without Purpose and How to Find Meaning in a Pointless Life
“A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation.”
“A life lived only for the self is not human, but animal life.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.”
“A life lived well, or poorly, uses our resources to such an extent that it can weaken many areas which were once strong. Simply from wear and tear, we may tire and need to be re-fortified. Seek ways to re-strengthen so that you may perform at higher levels and increase your endurance to enjoy a life you love.”
“A life lived well will have failures that outnumber successes, but successes that outweigh the failures.”
“A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”
“A life lived without forgiveness is a life lived in the past.”
“A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.”
“A life lived without God feels void and it is only God who can fill that void.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“A life mate is that one person that an immortal can live out his or her very long life with happily. Neither will ever stray from the other, never betray the other, never stop loving each other. An immortal would sooner cut out his own heart and eat it than cause harm to his life mate... and you are mine.”
Source: Hungry For You
“A life may be told about with words, but is the deeds themselves that make the story worth telling.”
“A life merely of pleasure, or chiefly of pleasure, is always a poor and worthless life.”
“A life must be saved as long as it can be no matter whose it is.”
“A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.”
“A life not lived for others is not a life.”
“A life not shared is not lived.”
“A life not truly lived is hurt and fear, not healed and acknowledged.”
Source: True Colours
“A life not truly lived is hurt and fear, not healed or acknowledged.”
Source: True Colours
“A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.”
Source: Table talk
“A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“A life of adventure is ours for the taking, whether we're seven or seventy. Life for the most part is what me make it. We have been given a responsibility to live it fully, joyfully, completely, and richly, in whatever span of time God grants us on this earth.”