Quotes
Quotes about Life
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. -Amelia Earhart.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor... I fought to win.
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' th' adage?
When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.
Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life--knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth-while to live.
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
You may wear your virtues as a crown, As you walk through life serenely, And grace your simple rustic gown With a beauty more than queenly. Though only one for you shall care, One only speak your praises; And you never wear in your shining hair, A richer flower than daisies.
