Quotes About Life

“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey … delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.” ― Jenkin Lloyd Jones

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ” – M. Scott Peck

“Modern man thinks he loses something – time – when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains – except kill it.” – Erich Fromm

Frodo: “I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf: “So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.”

“They say we are what we eat. I think it’s much deeper than that. I think we’re the songs we sing. The movies we love to watch. The bed we sleep in. The chairs we work in. The friends we speak with. The cars we drive in. The flowers we gather. I think that’s why spending some time in pristine nature is so valuable. May we surround ourselves with organic beauty and soak in the rays of light.” – Nathan Sinclair Vineyard

“There’s a reason why the old saying about living in interesting times is described as a curse.” – Damon Linker

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Confucious

“Even After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights the whole sky.” – Hafiz

“To pierce through the illusion of separateness, to realize that which lies beyond duality—that is a goal worthy of a lifetime.” – Unknown

“Life is showering its gifts upon us at this very moment. There is a force of love and light that is streaming, rushing, pouring toward us from all angles at all times. All we have to do is to let it in.” – Alan Cohen, The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.” – C.S. Lewis, “Mere Christianity”

“People like to say that everything’s ‘perfect,’ and you look around and see that life is anything but that! But just as a weight bench is perfect for strengthening muscles but too uncomfortable for sleeping or sitting back and watching TV, life provides the resistance you need to learn and grow. You didn’t come here to sit back, relax and feel happy all the time; you came here to grow, and the way to grow is to bravely face the problems before you and improve yourself in the process. Life’s imperfections provide perfect opportunities to build your spiritual muscles.” – Shaun Roundy

“Believe in the opportunities that lie ahead. I am reminded of what Abraham Lincoln said when he sat on the sidelines for a long time, losing election after election and struggling to make a professional contribution. He said simply, ‘I will prepare, and perhaps my chance will come.’ He lived long enough to learn what everyone learns—that chance always favors the prepared life.” – Howard Hunter

“In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.” – Barbara de Angelis