Quotes on “life”

Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.

My name is Jimmy,but my friends just call methe hideous penguin boy.

Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry,but do you dream of Heaven?Have you ever wanted to die?

Personally, I don’t like inherently happy people. I don’t trust them. I think there’s something seriously wrong with anyone who isn’t at least a little let down by the world.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.

To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

The soul is like an uninhabited worldthat comes to life only whenGod lays His headagainst us.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.