“Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.”
— Walt Whitman
Author: Walt Whitman
Category: life
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When you rise in the morning, give
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.”
— Tecumseh
Author: Tecumseh
Category: life
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Life appears to me too short to
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.”
— Charlotte Bronte
Author: Charlotte Bronte
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The tragedy of life is in what
“The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.”
— Norman Cousins
Author: Norman Cousins
Category: life
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He who fights with monsters might take
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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How do you go from where you
“How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.”
— Jim Valvano
Author: Jim Valvano
Category: life
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The privilege of a lifetime is being
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
— Joseph Campbell
Author: Joseph Campbell
Category: life
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And this, our life, exempt from public
“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
— William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Category: life
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This is as True in everyday life
“This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.”
— Omar N. Bradley
Author: Omar N. Bradley
Category: life
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This is the highest wisdom that I
“This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A well-developed sense of humor is the
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
— William Arthur Ward
Author: William Arthur Ward
Category: life
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