Life

Confucius
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” — Confucius
Napoleon Hill
“Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.” — Napoleon Hill
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Helen Keller
“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” — Helen Keller
Christopher Columbus
“Life has more imagination than we carry in our dreams.” — Christopher Columbus
Jon Kabat-zinn
“The real meditation is how you live your life.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Anne Wilson Schaef
“Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.” — Anne Wilson Schaef
Stephen Hawking
“Never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.” — Stephen Hawking
Roy T. Bennett
“Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” — Roy T. Bennett
Elon Musk
“Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.” — Elon Musk
Naval Ravikant
“No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.” — Naval Ravikant
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Celestine Chua
“The degree of responsibility you take for your life determines how much change you can create in it.” — Celestine Chua
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Norman Vincent Peale
“Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.” — Norman Vincent Peale
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tony Robbins
“Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” — Tony Robbins
Aristotle
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” — Aristotle
Anita Krizzan
“When it hurts - observe. Life is trying to teach you something.” — Anita Krizzan
Napoleon Hill
“Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.” — Napoleon Hill
T.s. Eliot
“If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.” — T.S. Eliot
Earl Nightingale
“Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.” — Earl Nightingale
Ming-dao Deng
“Each day your life grows a day shorter. Make every move count.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Celestine Chua
“To create more positive results in your life, replace 'if only' with 'next time'.” — Celestine Chua
Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it's all that matters.” — Audrey Hepburn
Samuel Butler
“Life is one long process of getting tired.” — Samuel Butler
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
Steve Maraboli
“It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.” — Steve Maraboli
Alan Watts
“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.” — Alan Watts
Mary Engelbreit
“Life's too mysterious to take too serious.” — Mary Engelbreit
Charles Dickens
“We forge the chains we wear in life.” — Charles Dickens
Virginia Woolf
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” — Virginia Woolf
Zen Proverb
“Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.” — Zen Proverb
Les Brown
“If you don't program yourself, life will program you.” — Les Brown
John Wooden
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.” — John Wooden
Lolly Daskal
“When we allow negative messages to fester in our head, they take on a life of their own.” — Lolly Daskal
Deepak Chopra
“Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.” — Deepak Chopra
William James
“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.” — William James
Naval Ravikant
“Nothing like a health problem to turn up the contrast dial for the rest of life.” — Naval Ravikant
Steve Jobs
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone elses. life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking.” — Steve Jobs
Ming-dao Deng
“Life is a constant series of opportunities.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Les Brown
“It's necessary to get the losers out of your life if you want to live your dream.” — Les Brown
Celestine Chua
“Never waste a minute of your precious life thinking about people you don't like.” — Celestine Chua
Charles Dickens
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'. Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” — Charles Dickens
Celestine Chua
“Everyone faces challenges in life. It's a matter of how you learn to overcome them and using them to your advantage.” — Celestine Chua
James Allen
“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.” — James Allen
Joyce Meyer
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” — Joyce Meyer
Shunryu Suzuki
“Whether you have a problem in your life or not depends upon your own attitude, your own understanding.” — Shunryu Suzuki
Zig Ziglar
“You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.” — Zig Ziglar
Meister Eckhart
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” — Meister Eckhart

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