Give me your best motivational/profound "life quote"?

Question

E.g. "Dance like no-one's watching..."
"Live each day as if it's your last"

etc... I wanna be inspired, people!

Answer 1

“Dream as if you'll live forever,
live as if you'll die today.”
~~James Dean,
an American actor
and symbol of rebellion
who died in 1955
in a tragic motor accident
at the age of 24.


"That guy's gotta stop.
He'll see us."
~~James Dean,
last known words

Answer 2

The definition of life is hard even for biologists. In Biology the definition of life are given by the acronym: REMRING Reproduction Excretion Movement Respiration Irritability Nutrition Growth. Back when I studied Biology, any one of those could define life, for example viruses were considered alive even though all they could do was respire, but fire wasn't considered alive even though it was clearly capable of reproduction, growth and the chemical reaction for combustion is eerily similar to that for respiration. These days I asked on a biology forum about viruses and the consensus was viruses are no longer considered to be alive. However on another web site there is debate that viruses are alive when inside a cell but not when they are outside a cell. This brings us back to the question how is an active virus alive but not a computer virus since a computer virus is self replicating within the medium of the operating system in reproducing it uses energy as electrons need to change the position of logic gates from on to off. So now we have established that even amongst the scientific community there is no consensus about what defines life - let's look at the religious. Genesis 1:30 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so. In ancient times the word breath was considered synonymous with life as a person was discovered to be dead when they stop breathing, this definition then would at first glance mean single celled organisms and multicellular creatures that do not breathe to not be alive - thus excluding fish, plants and most insects. However in Genesis we read that the Lord gave man the breath of life, therefore the breath of life has nothing to do with actually breathing but has to do with a metaphysical thing that was given from the divine that sets that which is alive apart from that which isn't. It is no coincidence that in both ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek the word breath is the same as the word spirit (Heb Ruach, Grk Pneuma) which also by the way means wind. If we then take the definiton of the "breath of life" as a metaphysical "spirit", then we have a metaphysical definition of life which cannot be falsified and therefore cannot be analysed scientifically but can be analysed religiously, from the interpretation of dogma. Life then from a Christian perspective then is metaphysical and is that which possesses a spirit. A spirit is that which is sent from God to animate an inanimate object temporarily and upon the death of the living organism returns to God. Though useful for religious discussion this definition is useless from a scientific perspective as it cannot be measured, quantified or falsified.

Answer 3

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Roosevelt

Once I really adopted this "mantra", it did change my outlook. I once felt bad that my sister was able to help out my mother money-wise. But this quote changed that: I have different abilities and qualities that help my mother in ways that my sister can't. And my sister is 20 years older - she's in a different "place" than I am financially and socially. I have to remember that. Together, my sister and I make up a really good team for my Mother - all bases are covered!

Answer 4

"I do not subscribe to the view that a particular religious belief should determine how every citizen leads his life" - Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, in a Lords debate on the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

Answer 5

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao-Tzu

Answer 6

As an artist I was inspired by the quote "create like God, command like a king and work like a slave".

Answer 7

Let light, love and power restore the plan on Earth

Answer 8

if it aint broke,don' fix it.
all pigs are equal but some are more equal than others.
if you think the best things in life are free,you have not been given the bill just yet.
trust in god and pass the ammunition.

Answer 9

if you live by an eye for an eye, the world goes blind

not my words originally, but definitely words that many people should listen to and think about.

Answer 10

Keep going working hard and leave the rest to the Almighty God.