About Life Quotes

A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.

Hour by hour, day by day, life becomes possible.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.

Those who would know much, and love little, will ever remain at but the beginning of a godly life.

No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

My wife and I have a perfect understanding. I don't try to run her life, and I don't try to run mine.

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.

I have reached a point in my life where I understand the pain and the challenges; and my attitude is one of standing up with open arms to meet them all.

They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

In life, have but one desire, one only--to love Jesus Christ with all your soul. Let that be the one fixed idea of your entire existence.

Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe.

Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides.

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less-advanced life forms, and they call you crazy.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.

The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.

As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

I am the Soul. I am the Light Divine. I am Love. I am Will. I am Fixed Design.

I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision.

Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I cannot conceive any work of art as having a separate existence from life itself

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.

Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration of life.

If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.

We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.

Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back.

I lead a very boring life.

To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his excellence; to be with Christ is the fullness of his joy.

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

Don't settle. Don't finish crappy books. If you don't like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you're not on the right path, get off it.

believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things. Clive Barker, Abarat

Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.