L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Living’s for those of us who failed. Greedy God, gathering in the good ones, leaving the world to the rest of us, to rot.”
Source: The Thorn Birds
“Living safe behind a wall, never tasting life at all.”
“Living safely is dangerous.”
“Living should be perpetual and universal benediction.”
“Living simply is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. It's about living an examined life where one has determined what is truly important and enough … and then just let go of all the rest.”
“Living simply makes loving simple.”
“Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously.”
Source: Simplify Your Hectic Life
“Living sites are only as good as today's update. If the words are dull, nobody will read them, and nobody will come back. If the words are wrong, people will be misled, disappointed, infuriated. If the words aren't there, people will shake their heads and lament your untimely demise.”
“Living so fully, I can't imagine what any drug could do for me.”
“Living someone else's vision, is proclaiming death to your imparted destiny, and proclaiming life to the destiny of the visionaries pursuing their visions.”
“Living somewhere permanently, you have a stake in society. I had no stake. It did not matter to my life which way the war turned, and I think that gave a certain purity to the endeavor that I undertook. I see it as something positive, something that helps me conduct the kind of reporting that I wanted to do.”
“Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad and consume less at home. The government sector has to get closer to just spending what it can collect in taxes.”
“Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.”
“Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.”
Source: One-Way Street
“Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.”
Source: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World
“Living the 'easy' life today seems to make a 'difficult' life tomorrow.”
“Living the abundant life is different than knowing about it. It's time to begin practicing the life we were made for.”
“Living the artist’s life, it turns out, is full of surprises. Yes, it is about being sensitive to beauty, about creating exquisite objects and developing a critical eye and drawing inspiration from the rich tapestry of the surrounding world. In some intriguing and evocative way, it is also about delving into the very depths of human perception, into the wellspring of consciousness itself, and living to tell about it. And for John and me, it has also always been about the planning, preparation, and enjoyment of good food. Sixty years later, we’re still following that path.”
“Living the awake life requires trusting God, listening to His still small voice and acting in spite of fear. When I awake to the reality of God’s love for me, I become transformed into a powerful soul that is compelled to share His love with others. Choosing to stay awake is a process I enjoy.”
Source: Brilliant Words to Grow By: A Devotional Celebrating the Duality of Life
“Living the Christian life is also challenging but for different reasons. The same desire to do well exists - to live a consistent life that honors and pleases the Lord. The big difference is that God isn't evaluating my actions and basing His love on how well I 'perform'. His love for me is unconditional. Even when I mess up He doesn't threaten to trade me off His team.”
“Living the dream.”
Source: Be A Good Human
“Living the dream is all there is.”
“Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.”
“Living the dream is simply a form of living your passion.”
“Living the good life as created beings depends on living within the limits and according to the truths of the human condition. Purity of heart and the capacity to channel desires toward personal self-mastery in holiness are part of the high calling of the Christian life. These remain necessities, despite the promises of a false humanism that claims that human nature has neither limits nor boundaries, being infinitely plastic and malleable -- a vain and counterproductive attempt to liberate humans from guilt.”
Source: God and Caesar: Selected Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society
“Living the gospel and standing in holy places is not always easy, but I testify that it is worth it.”
“Living the gospel does not mean the storms of life will pass us by, but we will be better prepared to face them with serenity and peace. 'Search diligently, pray always, and be believing,' the Lord admonished, 'and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly.'”
“Living the La Vida Loca lifestyle without a source of income is foolish.”
Source: Night of a Thousand Thoughts
“Living the life you were destined to live.”
“Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.”
“Living the rest of my life in Kerobokan, waiting to die, was what I had in front of me.”
Source: Mule
“Living the same sorrows three times was a suffering, but it was a suffering to relive even the same joys. The joy of life is born from feeling, whether it be joy or grief, always of short duration, and woe to those who know they will enjoy eternal bliss.”
Source: The Island of the Day Before
“Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.”
Source: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
“Living things don't all require
light in the same degree. Some of us
make our own light: a silver leaf
like a path no one can use, a shallow
lake of silver in the darkness under the great maples.
But you know this already.
You and the others who think
you live for truth and, by extension, love
all that is cold.”
Source: Poems, 1962-2012
“Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors.”
“Living things have no inertia, and tend to no equilibrium.”
Source: Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews
“Living through a day was harder, for no matter how much I stomp one down another was always coming. Watching the little poison frog take on a day is how I learn to live through it. First rip the day in half, time to sleep, time to walk. Then tear it down more, then more, and more after that. Tear a day into pieces you can swallow and soon the whole thing will pass.”
Source: Moon Witch, Spider King
“Living through art is a better way to live - not necessarily making art, but being surrounded by art. I think it's just as banal as trying to show my version of the beauty in the world. It's about beauty at the end of the day.”
“Living through difficult life circumstances in not an excuse for passing trauma onto someone else.”
Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception
“Living through his works, living through his ideas, living in photographs, living in street names, living in memories, these are all empty things! If you're not dead, you're alive, and that's the only way to be alive!”
“Living through the 1929 Great Depression helped shape my social conscience. During this time, I realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants were still intact, and resources were still there, but people didn’t have money to buy the products. I felt the rules of the game we play by were outmoded and damaging. This began a life-long quest resulting in the conclusions and designs presented in The Venus Project.”
“Living to an extraordinary age, she mourned them all equally as she buried her husband and, one by one, her children. In this suffering she found the best sort of perfection--the kind that never demands it of others.”
Source: Keturah and Lord Death
“Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.”
Source: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.”
“Living to obey the Lord should be our chief aim.”
“Living together instead of marrying is pretending at life; you want to test drive the car without fully purchasing it.”
Source: Daddy's Little Girl: A Father's Prayer
“Living together is an art.”
“Living together is an art. It's a patient art, it's a beautiful art, it's fascinating.”
“Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart”
“Living too long exacts a painful price.”