Quotes of Life Lesson - somelinesforyou

“ Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ”

- Mary Oliver

“ Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful. ”

- Annette Funicello

“ Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people. ”

- Elizabeth Green

“ Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body. ”

- George Carlin

“ Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom. ”

- Solon

“ You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people. ”

- Vivienne Westwood

“ It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences… but to be whittled and sandpapered until what’s left is who we truly are. ”

- Arianna Huffington

“ If they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personal. ”

- Unknown

“ Life isn’t fair. A fair’s a place where you eat corn dogs and ride the ferris wheel. ”

- Jennifer Brown

“ You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things. ”

- Jamie Tworkowski

“ The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things. ”

- Rilke

“ You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret. ”

- Charlie Chaplin

“ The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will. ”

- Cheryl Strayed

“ Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. ”

- Robert Brault

“ Life is so much easier with a sense of humor. ”

- Unknown

“ The best advice I’ve ever received is: ‘No one else knows what they’re doing either.’ ”

- Ricky Gervais

“ Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having. ”

- Unknown

“ Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection. ”

- Tavis Smiley

“ Always be kinder than you feel. ”

- Unknown

“ Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible. ”

- Doris Lessing

“ How we spend our days is how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Nothing will ruin your twenties more than thinking you should already have your life together. ”

- Unknown

“ Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. ”

- Denis Waitley

“ Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life. ”

- Ziad K. Abdelnour

“ Embrace the glorious mess that you are. ”

- Elizabeth Gilbert

“ Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. ”

- Kurt Cobain

“ Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. ”

- Marcus Aurelius
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