I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
-Paulo Coelho
"Eleven Minutes"
Quotations
Life
You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore? Make haste to get on the other side, Gautama; be careful all the while!
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 10.34"
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.
-Khalil Gibran
You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.
-David Nicholas
I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself.
-Morrissey
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
-Hal Borland "Hal Borland"
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.
-Jonathan. L. Huie "Jonathan. L. Huie"
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
-George Washington Carver
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
-Nelson Mandela
Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
