There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
-Nelson Mandela
Quotations
Life
The evil ruler spoils the word, the plan of life, by his teachings. He, indeed, deprives me of the exalted goal of good thought. With the word of my spirit, I pray to You, O Wise One, and to truth!
-Scriptures "Avesta, Yasna 32.9"
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
-William Goldman
"The Princess Bride"
Learning is retained through putting into practice; family prestige is maintained through good behavior; a respectable person is recognised by his excellent qualities; and anger is seen in the eyes.
-Chanakya "Chanakya"
What we call life is only talk of nature.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
-Kurt Vonnegut
"The Sirens of Titan"
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
-Elbert Hubbard
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
-Oscar Wilde
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln
