Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Quotations About Life's Purpose III


If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.
Anonymous

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
Aristophanes

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Aristotle

Nature does nothing uselessly.
Aristotle


Success is never final. Winston Churchill

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it--this is knowledge.
Confucius

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Confucius

A good book has no ending.
R.D. Cumming

There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it.
Donald Harington

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing endures but change.
Heraclitus

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. William James

Luxury is more deadly than any foe. Juvenal

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
Clarence Buddinton Kelland

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What we obtain too cheap we esteem too little; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Thomas Paine

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
George Santayana

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
Blaise Pascal

Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Dr Robert Schuller

No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn. Jim morrison

I would rather be ashes than dust; I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brillant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot; I would rather be in a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow than in a sleepy and permanent planet; the proper function of man is to live, not to exist; I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them; I shall USE my time. Jack London

You see the Earth as a bright blue and white Christmas tree ornament in the black sky. It's so small and so fragile - you realize that on that small spot is everything that means everything to you; all of history and art and death and birth and love. Russell Schweikart, astronaut contributed by Heath Batz


You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough. Joe E. Lewis

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo

We teach what we live. unknown

"From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax, to be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, and enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth." Thich Nhat Hanh

Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time. T.S. Elliot

In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life; it goes on! Leo Buscaglia


It is better to deserve an honor and not receive it, than to receive one, and not deserve it! Mark Twain

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than his proclaiming the character of another. Winston Churchill

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced; live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. Cherokee Saying

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson


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