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    Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

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Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

by E. E. Cummings Found in: Life Quotes,
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

by William James Found in: Life Quotes,
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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my read more

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

by Rabindranath Tagore Found in: Life Quotes,
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If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.

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Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because read more

Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.

by Albert Ellis Found in: Life Quotes,
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Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.

Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.

by Woody Allen Found in: Life Quotes,
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Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Life Quotes,
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Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.rn

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.rn

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Life Quotes,
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Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

by Joseph Joubert Found in: Life Quotes,
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