Life Quotes

What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on work, by work, through work. How can you live with self-respect if you do not do things as well as lies in you?

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was.

There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.

Take advantage of making things happen NOW, because life is not certain.

The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.

I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act.

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.

You deserve to live the life you want to live, not the life others expect you to live.