I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
-Plato "Plato"
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
-Dalai Lama
If there's a thing I've learned in my life, it's to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for, don't.
-Cassandra Clare
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
-Rabindranath Tagore
If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
-Frank Zappa
Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
-Irving Berlin
This is how the entire course of a life can be changed : By doing nothing.
-Ian McEwan
"On Chesil Beach"
It’s better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
"Eat, Pray, Love"