I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.