“In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.” IfsLifeCareLastsHoursProveRegardDawnEnjoymentMidstAcceptableApprehensionBoon Author:Horace
“Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an age when our best blessings, youth and health, have already left us. When at last I that time has arrived, it surprises us in the midst of fresh desires; we have got no farther when we are attacked by a fever which kills us; if we had been cured, it would only have been to give us more time for other desires.” IfsLifeGivingHas BeensAgeLastsLife IsDesireLeftWishYouthBlessingSurpriseEnjoymentMidstMore TimeLife Is ShortFeverTediousFuture Time Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?” IfsLifeDoeEndsHandsLastsTimeFallChangeSleepAbilityDestructionEternityOccasionsMidstDesirableExtinctionFatigueLast DayAbodeDeep Sleep Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Do not be afraid to help one another. The devil is looking for rivalry, division, gangs. Keep working to make progress ... I have seen how pain does not stifle the hope deep within the human heart and how life goes on, finding new strength even in the midst of difficulties.” LifeHumansHeartDoeHelpingPainProgressStrengthGoes OnFindingsDevilDifficultyMidstDivisionHuman HeartGangRivalryDeep WithinLife Goes On Author:Pope Francis
“In the midst of the storm, your life boat appears. A psalm, a hymn, a word... calming the fiercest winds of the soul.” LifeSoulReligionWindStormBoatMidstHymnsCalmingPsalms Author:Roderick L. Evans
“The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.” MenLifeRealEndsFactsHappinessLife IsFoundWealthHe ManMiseryFortunateMidstStationsDwellingLife HappinessAffluenceSplendourReal HappinessCompetencies Author:Herodotus
“To preserve a man alive in the midst of so many chances and hostilities, is as great a miracle as to create him.” MenLifeChanceAliveMiraclePreservesMidstHostility Author:Jeremy Taylor