Does anybody have any good LIFE quotes?

Question

I'm just interested in quotes that seem to relate to life, Anything within the range of this one..................
"Spending your limited life time worrying is like weeping into a river in fear of it drying up" I forgot who that was from

Answer 1

I have some great ones. Some relate strongly to one subject but if you look hard you will see the truth in the statement applying to ANYONE doing ANYTHING and living any life.
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An old error is always more popular than a new truth.
- German proverb

People may doubt what I say, but they always believe what I do.
—Ellie E.

I've created many a nightmare by insisting on my own way.
—Eamon 0.

" As always, my intent is to be creative, to sustain the mood but to also be rhythmically diverse and free within the music because all tempos are in there. What it means to play a ballad is not to just be playing it slow. It’s feeling all the possibilities in the rhythms, allowing the music to flow."
-Joe Lovano


"BE the Beat"
-Joe Lovano

Keep away from people who try to belittle your
ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the
really great make you feel that you, too, can become
great”.  – Mark Twain


In Music, If You Try To Live In A Vacuum, You'll Sound Like A Vacuum Cleaner.
-?

"A person, a group, a tribe, a country, IN CHANGE or UPHEAVAL, can be the where or who that will bore some of the most alive moments on earth at that time." -?

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
Benjamin Franklin

Answer 2

I was trying to find something from what I read in the Neurotics Notebook once and I came across this site. It had the quote I was looking for and much more...it's really good and I hope it will help.

http://www.quotegarden.com/life.html

Answer 3

If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones. ~Don Herold

Thats crazy that you wanted something right along these lines!
I came across this quote not too long ago, makes sense.

Answer 4

i like this one.......the only time a man has the right to look down on someone is when they are giving them a hand to lift them up..
the one quote i try to live by is the oldest and the one that makes the most sense to me......do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
what kind of a world would this be if people lived by this golden rule??

Answer 5

Start the day with a smile get it over with!!

Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
Courage to change those things I can.
And the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I may have to kill because they piss me off!!!!

Answer 6

I used quotes from this page and had an A on my report that I wrote. Good luck!

Answer 7

These are all from an eastern mindset, but...

(courage) If you eat poison, be sure to lick the bowl

(relationships) To receive a favor is to sell one's freedom

True victory is victory over one's self as the self is the only real enemy. (paraphrased regarding worrying, self-doubt, dealing with pain, dealing with your emotions, etc.,...)

Answer 8

The most heroic word in all languages is Revolution
-Eugene Debs

Answer 9

it is not the exact quote, but the meaning is captured (since I had to translate it)
Buddha said to the KIng, 'When I teach the laws, I tell my students: Live by hiding your good deeds and by exposing your sins.'

Answer 10

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. - Robert Byrne?