Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
-William Goldman
"The Princess Bride"
Quotations
Life
Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"The Gardener"
Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it.
-Steve Maraboli
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
-Charles Buxton
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
-Plato
I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.
-Louis Sachar
"Holes"
Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
-Wilson Mizner
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
-Dalai Lama Xiv
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
-Henry David Thoreau "Henry David Thoreau"
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
