Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato on life
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. Richard Burton on life
Develop an interest in life as you see it the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. Henry Miller on life
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney on life
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. Viktor E. Frankl on life
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak. Paul Wellstone on life
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on life
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. Tony Robbins on life
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. Henry David Thoreau on life
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. Conan O'Brien on life
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life. Henry David Thoreau on life
I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed. Steve Jobs on life
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. Frank Sinatra on life
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. Robert Frost on life
Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are. Emmy Rossum on life
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living. Henry David Thoreau on life
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Henry David Thoreau on life
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. Gerald Jampolsky on life
I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever. Donna Mills on life
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'. Wayne Dyer on life