Life
Quotes
(I
Have No Idea What's Awaiting Me)
“I
have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For
the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.”
―
Albert Camus, The Plague
“Don't
be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The
more experiments you make the better.”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, With Annotations -
1841-1844
“Every
woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride
and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“I
can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I'm a bad
girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that's how I know I'm a woman!”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“There
comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write
another book or simply close it.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“I
would rather be ashes than dust!
I
would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should
be stifled by dry-rot.
I
would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a
sleepy and permanent planet.
The
function of man is to live, not to exist.
I
shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I
shall use my time.”
―
Jack London
“To
have what you have never had, you have to do what you have never done.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Oh,
Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.”
―
William Steig, Dominic
“Live
the Life of Your Dreams
When
you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles,
doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance
and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“He's
not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his
princess.”
―
Demi Lovato
“Nothing
can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Kindness
is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act
with conditions.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Of
all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is
weaker than man.”
―
Homer, The Odyssey
“Style
is the answer to everything.
A
fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
To
do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it
To
do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art
Bullfighting
can be an art
Boxing
can be an art
Loving
can be an art
Opening
a can of sardines can be an art
Not
many have style
Not
many can keep style
I
have seen dogs with more style than men,
although
not many dogs have style.
Cats
have it with abundance.
When
Hemingway put his brains to the wall with a shotgun,
that
was style.
Or
sometimes people give you style
Joan
of Arc had style
John
the Baptist
Jesus
Socrates
Caesar
GarcÃa
Lorca.
I
have met men in jail with style.
I
have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail.
Style
is the difference, a way of doing, a way of being done.
Six
herons standing quietly in a pool of water,
or
you, naked, walking out of the bathroom without seeing me.”
―
Charles Bukowski
“Who
are you?
Are
you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?
Have
you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?
I
have. I am fucking crazy.
But
I am free.”
―
Lana Del Rey
“You
never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be
nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you
look back and you've climbed a mountain.”
―
Tom Hiddleston
“My
one regret in life is that I am not someone else.”
―
Woody Allen
“Inventory:
"Four
be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness,
sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four
be the things I'd been better without:
Love,
curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three
be the things I shall never attain:
Envy,
content, and sufficient champagne.
Three
be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter
and hope and a sock in the eye.”
―
Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
If
you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out
“If
you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with
eagles, you're going to fly.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“Oh
the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored.
There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.”
―
Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
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