The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Life
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
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"
Who says life is fair, where is that written?
-William Goldman
"The Princess Bride"
Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.
-Steve Maraboli
Every chapter in the Book of Life defines our character and tells us who we are
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
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.
-Nelson Mandela "Nelson Mandela"
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
-George Bernard Shaw
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Rise to the occasion which is life!
-Virginia Euwer Wolff
