“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: life
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Man does not control his own fate.
“Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.”
— Groucho Marx
Author: Groucho Marx
Category: life
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I was set free because my greatest
“I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
— J. K. Rowling
Author: J. K. Rowling
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Telling a teenager the facts of life
“Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.”
— Arnold H. Glasow
Author: Arnold H. Glasow
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If you ask me what I came
“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.”
— Emile Zola
Author: Emile Zola
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When life is too easy for us,
“When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and
“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
— Voltaire
Author: Voltaire
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Life does not cease to be funny
“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”
— George Bernard Shaw
Author: George Bernard Shaw
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A high station in life is earned
“A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.”
— Tennessee Williams
Author: Tennessee Williams
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It is a useless life that is
“It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.”
— Jose Rizal
Author: Jose Rizal
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True friendship multiplies the good in life
“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”
— Baltasar Gracian
Author: Baltasar Gracian
Category: life
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