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“A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.”

Men Years Mind Has Beens Made Political Life Is Given Opinion Principles Five Subjects Circumstances Years Ago Twenties Five Years Twenty Five Opportunist Political Opinions

Author:A. P. Herbert

“One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.”

Years Life Is Twenties Years Of Life Hibernation

Author:Anthony de Mello

“Makes no sense to me,' said Huntsekker. 'You don't know who is at your door, but you know the thoughts of a man twenty miles away.' 'Life is a mystery,' said Powdermill, with a gold-toothed grin. 'It is that, right enough,' agreed Huntsekker.”

Knows Men Said Enough Life Is Doors Mystery Gold Twenties Miles Miles Away

Author:David Gemmell

“Listen, after almost twenty years of call-in radio, I can tell you that the main thrust of too many lives is an overemphasis on feeling good instead of doing good. Being admired and respected by the self and others has taken a back seat to feeling good, or, at least, avoiding feeling bad. And, oh boy, the excuses some of you can come up with for doing so!”

Years I Can Self Feelings Life Is Boys Taken Twenties Come Up Radio Excuse Feel Good Seats Avoiding Doing Good Thrust Feeling Bad

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“You get to a certain point - gratefully - when you’re out of your twenties, and you realize how fleeting life is. So, it becomes important to feel as if the people in your life know exactly how you feel about them at all times.”

People Ifs Knows Feels Important Life Is Certain Realizing Twenties All Time Fleeting How You Feel People In Your Life Fleeting Life

Author:Johnny Galecki

“The moment you wake up, right away, you can smile... You are aware that a new day is beginning, that life is offering you twenty-four brand new hours to live, and that that's the most precious of gifts.”

Moments Life Is Hours Four Wake Up Twenties Brands Offering New Day Brand New

Author:Nhat Hanh

“I was twenty one years old and I thought, "here I am my health is at risk, my life is going to go down hill from here and I really had to have a look in the mirror to see what the cause was of that and the cause of that was me.”

Years Looks Life Is Causes Risk Twenties Mirrors Hills Twenty One Here I Am

Author:John Assaraf

“Life is like that - twenty minutes of misery for every two seconds of joy.”

Two Life Is Joy Minutes Twenties Misery Seconds Life Is Like

Author:Virginia C. Andrews

“Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after.”

Knows Wells Life Is Walks Steps Five Car Right Now Twenties Pace Life Is Short Twenty Five Happily Ever After Ever After Old Car

Book:The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated

Source: The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated

“Time is so strange and life is twice as strange. You must promise me not to live to be too old, William. It if is at all convenient, die before you're fifty. It my take a bit of doing. But I advise this is simply because there is no telling when another Helen Loomis might be born. It would be dreadful, wouldn't it, if you lived on to be very very old and some afternoon in 1999 walked down Main street and saw me standing there, aged twenty-one, and the whole thing out of balance again?”

Ifs Whole Might Would Be Life Is Dies Bits Born Saws Streets Strange Balance Promise Standing Twenties Fifty Afternoon Advise Convenient Twenty One Standing There Helen Main Street Promise Me

Author:Ray Bradbury

“Most of life is offline, and I think it always will be; eating and aching and sleeping and loving happen in the body. But it's not impossible to imagine losing my appetite for those things; they aren't always easy, and they take so much time. In twenty years I'd be interviewing air and water and heat just to remember they mattered.”

Thinking Years Body Happens Remember Life Is Easy Water Sleep Imagine Impossible Air Eating Losing Twenties Heat Appetite Air And Water Offline

Book:It Chooses You

Source: It Chooses You

“Here's the thing. I hate kids. Always have. I mean, I know the job of the race, biologically speaking, is to achieve immortality through reproduction, but the idea of getting impregnated and blowing up like a balloon as I serve as a carrier and service unit for this other person who will eventually burst out of me in the most terrifying way imaginable, then carry on using me one way or another for the rest of my life, is right up there with throwing myself off the top of a twenty-story building. If I have a biological clock, it is digital and does not tick.”

“Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities”

People Ifs Want Life Needs Believe Age Life Is Change Inspirational Life Twenties Priorities Chosen Insightful Changing Your Life Twenty One Need A Change You Need To Change

Author:John C. Maxwell