Quotes About Life

No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged - in some places perhaps irreparably - our life has been, we cannot in our heart of hearts imagine how it could have been different. As we look back on it, it slips in behind us in orderly array, and, with all its mistakes, acquires a sort of eternal fitness, and even, at times, of poetic glamour.

The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell. For Christians, this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell.

What we love about this life are the things that resonate with the life we were made for. The things we love are not merely the best this life has to offer—they are previews of the greater life to come.

Earth is a in-between world touched by both Heaven and Hell. Earth leads directly into Heaven or directly into Hell, affording a choice between the two. The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell.

If we could see our lives from God's perspective, many of us would be forced to admit that our lives are cluttered with all sorts of things that keep us from moving forward and receiving the abundant life he promises. We need to simplify our lives, eliminating the things that bog us down and keep us from doing what God says are priorities.

Evangelism is not first and foremost a matter of strategies, plans and projects, but rather of being filled with the Holy Spirit and allowing that divine life within us to burst forth in both word and action.

To grow old is to grow remorseful.

Life is either a continuous process improvement, or a terminal disease that we will all die from anyways.

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, the journey is the reward.

in the long run we're all dead. Time is the only resource that matters.

And then there is the most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion. We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived

Please don't die.

I'm dying and I'm having fun.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I'm not going to die when we hear it. I won't die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I'm enjoying it." I thought about that, and about Jai's smile. I knew then. That's the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

Somehow, with the passage of time, and the deadlines that life imposes, surrendering became the right thing to do.

We cannot change the cards we are delt, just how we play the hand

If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Ask Disney World workers: 'What time does the park close?' They're supposed to answer "The park is open until 8 p.m.'... I knew then. That's the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

a parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams.