Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. —Paul Gauguin More about this quote Tags: life dreams revenge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some steps need to be taken alone. It’s the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be. —Mandy Hale in The Single Woman More about this quote Tags: life Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There must be more to life than having everything. —Maurice Sendak More about this quote Tags: life ownership possessions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. —W. H. Auden More about this quote Tags: life help responsibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them! —Paul Claudel More about this quote Tags: life old age Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life goes on, having nowhere else to go. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: life time progress Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We often hear of the beauties of old age, but the only old age that is beautiful is the one the man has been long preparing for by living a beautiful life. Every one of us is right now preparing for old age. … There may be a substitute somewhere in the world for Good Nature, but I do not know where it can be found. The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy. —Elbert Hubbard More about this quote Tags: life beauty old age usefulness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die. … You might say these are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet. —William Boyd More about this quote Tags: truth life happiness facts death Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. —Richard Bach More about this quote Tags: truth life mission Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
From the rise, he looks out over his place. This is it. This is all there is in the world — it contains everything there is to know or possess, yet everywhere people are knocking their brains out trying to find something different, something better. His kids all scattered, looking for it. Everyone always wants a way out of something like this, but what he has here is the main thing there is — just the way things grow and die, the way the sun comes up and goes down every day. These are the facts of life. They are so simple, they are almost impossible to grasp. —Bobbie Ann Mason More about this quote Tags: life death growth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a lover's eyes, nor is it corrupted by need. It is a feeling of tenderness so still and deep and warm that it gilds every grass blade and blesses every fly. It includes the ones who have a claim on it, and a great deal else besides. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. —Germaine Greer More about this quote Tags: love life earth womanhood Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. —Norman Cousins More about this quote Tags: life forgiveness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I guess that’s what makes life special. It’s unexpected. Scary as hell. But in the end, totally worth it. —Rachel Van Dyken in Tear More about this quote Tags: life fear Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Be nice. Funny. Smart. Generous. Kind. Feed your body with good food. Your soul with good friends. And your mind with new things. —Jillian Dodd in Love Me More about this quote Tags: life friendship kindness humor learning soul food generousity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are moments, when you’re getting to know someone, when you realize something deep and buried in you is deep and buried in them, too. It feels like meeting a stranger you’ve known your whole life. —Leah Raeder in Unteachable More about this quote Tags: truth life relationships knowledge resonance familiarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email