70 Deep Quotes About Life

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1. What is the purpose of life? Is it not to give up selfishness, those thoughts and practices that always put self first? Instead, life's purpose is to breathe, think, practice, and to treat and act toward others as if they were your very own flesh and blood? Robert Rivers




2. The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. Alfred Austin




3. Keeping your judgment to yourself and simply accepting people as they are, you are able to make more friendships on a positive basis. Joanna Jackson





4. If you want to grow old, and grow old healthily, you need to nurture your relationships more than any other part of your life. Heidi Tempest




5. To be what God pleases, to do a man's best. And to have a good heart, is the way to be blest. Lord Byron, The Way To Be Blest




6. A good conscience Is a continual Christmas. Franklin




7. I have also learned that the ability to see light within the darkness creates a world of wide-open, heart-bursting possibility. Cyndie Spiegel





8. A life built on the sands of pleasure can be blown down by the winds of disillusionment. William Arthur Ward, A Life Built




9. Better with the last effort to expire than lose the toil and struggle that have been. Susan Coolidge, Forward




10. God has a purpose for your life and when you faced life's strife - He has been with you through it all He has helped you stand up tall. Catherine Pulsifer, Plans I Have For You




11. A daughter is a treasure, that's true when you're down and feeling blue - you look into her smiling eyes and you will find your spirits rise. Catherine Pulsifer, A Treasure




12. To be truly happy one must be loved; and to be loved, one must be lovable. Grace Gold




13. Not now, but in the coming years, it may be in the better land, we'll read the meaning of our tears, and there, sometime, we'll understand. Maxwell N. Cornelius, We'll Understand




14. Passion is born deaf and dumb. Honoré de Balzac





15. I have come to believe that our own excuses are one of our biggest obstacles to friendship. Christine Hoover




16. He died upon a cross so many would not be lost.....so as this Christmas season arrives be thankful for the impact on our lives Catherine Pulsifer, A King Was Born




17. Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it, Harry Middleton




18. The influence of the social current has the same effect upon human nature as that produced by the constant friction of the sea upon the pebbles on the beach. Unknown, Choose Your Companions Well




19. Though fortune flee and friends forsake and lonely grief be mine, I still shall praise God's mighty plan, and own His care divine. David V. Bush, I Shall Not Doubt




20. deep quotes about life Oh, dear friend, you bring me joy and strife, I truly feel blessed by you in this crazy life Amber R. Treeman




21. In life, the only smooth path is the one that is frozen over with the mounds and vestiges of defeats, sorrows and unpursued dreams. Rosy Lee Anderson





22. "If" and "only" are the mainstays of life for those who fear their own shadows rather than make their own. Kate Summers




23. Reading - that place where you're by yourself but you are never alone. Author Unknown




24. Experience life while you still can: we only get one chance at this, and it’s a pity to waste it. Thomas McIlveen




25. Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.
    Mary Mapes Dodge




26. The thoughts of the mind are born in the heart; it is these thoughts that can either transform or destroy. B. C. Artworst





27. Without a purpose in life that sees beyond today, the heart and mind can be mired in the mistakes and failings of the past. Byron R. Pulsifer




28. Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t. Richard Bach




29. If there is anything in life we can count on occurring without fail, it is physical death. Paul Snyder




30. Life is precious and more immeasurable by any jewel. Ken Goss




31. Why can't people dispose of hatred? Is it because it is of their innate nature? Or, is it that they choose not to because it is a convenience of selfishness? Rory R. Cuphist





32. The art of living well stems from the soul rather than from the mind. H. H. Hopalotomus


 

33. You can bring into your life more power, more wealth, more health, more happiness and more joy by learning to contact and release the hidden power of your subconscious mind. Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind




34. You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed. Frederick Douglass




35. Time must stand still before human kindness can catch up. Theodore W. Higgingsworth





36. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard




37. Failures that are overcome are the hallmark of those who stand as successes in the midst of those who think luck accounts for anyone who is successful. Byron R. Pulsifer




38. Life can be magnificent and overwhelming — that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live. Albert Camus




39. You can't see personal growth without the assimilation of prior experiences. Freddy J. W. Parkes




40. Better the twilight of the dawn than the noonday burning bright. George Macdonald




41. Slow living is a curious mix of being prepared and being prepared to let go. Caring more and caring less. Saying yes and saying no. Being present and walking away. Brooke McAlary, Slow





42. The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy. Malcolm S. Forbes




43. We tend to think that enduring great pain and suffering is the truest mark of courage, but sometimes it is making the choice to walk away from pain that requires the greatest courage—leaving a relationship that has become impossible to repair or revive, a career that has lost its potency, or ideas and institutions that hold us back. Barbara Bonner




44. Happiness is the feeling that power increases — that resistance is being overcome. Friedrich Nietzsche





45. The deeper thought is, the taller it becomes. Dejan Stojanovic




46. Having grandchildren immeasurably enriches your life. I’d be a doting grandma, but rational – I wouldn’t give them toys, I’d give them time. Jackie Highe, The Modern Grandparents' Guide




47. One of the best things you can do in life is to surround yourself with people who are better than you are. High-grade people. You will end up behaving more like them, and they, in turn, will get it back from you. Warren Buffet, in Getting There by Gillian Zoe Segal





48. Success is simply the accumulation of small tasks often repeated with persistence. Byron R. Pulsifer




49. The demonstrated skill of every master is the creation of a daily commission of giving. Kate Summers




50. The youth stands for vibrancy, freshness, vigour, vitality, verve and nerve. It is indeed the most interesting phase of life. Idowu Omisore, Invest Your Youthful Years





51. Details are important but imagination exceeds all else. Robert Rivers




52. At its best, strategic planning is visionary and proactive rather than reactive. David R. McClean, Strategic Planning




53. The ebbs and flows of mundane life often disrupt these moments when our general state of misunderstanding becomes more acute, threatening to cloud out and cover over shared questions. Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp, Misunderstanding Stories





54. Acceptance means recognizing that there is a better way to work through or around any obstacle. Rosy Lee Anderson




55. If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me." Ann Landers




56. I have clawed my way up mountains, and I have muddied and bruised my body and mind on the way down into the valleys but, I have never been accused of ignoring anyone in need on either side of the valleys of life. Theodore W. Higgingsworth





57. Worship is about what we love. What we live for. It’s about who we are before God. Bob Kauflin, Worship Matters




58. You are the best appraiser of your own life and no one will value your life like you. You must value your own accomplishments and believe in your own ability to be the best. Rana Timoteo




59. Your behaviors, lifestyle, mental attitudes, and physical activities are what lead to overall health and wellness. Gordon Edlin; Eric Golanty, Health & Wellness





60. You can't be gracious until you are grateful for what you have been given. Byron R. Pulsifer




61. If there is only one thing I've learned throughout the challenges and tribulations of life it is that God has always been with me to guide me forward no matter whether or in spite of any circumstance in life. Byron R. Pulsifer




62. All the strength and force of people comes from their faith in things unseen. Those who believe are strong; those who doubt are weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Arthur C. Clarke





63. You have to be your own strength because not many people will give you support in your time of needs and trials. Rana Timóteo




64. God provides for all, but it is the greed of humankind that does not share in provision. Byron R. Pulsifer




65. Each man must leave to earth a legacy; embarking on the waves of mystery must leave some footprint by the unknown sea. Douglas Malloch




66. Lies have corrupted moral values, and through those lies Eden has been lost. Eden has been stolen from us, and our lives stripped of love. Květoslava Martincova




67. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled but it is a calamity not to dream. Benjamin Elijah Mays





68. ... understanding that by controlling your mind, you're prepared to live a progressively cheerful, progressively quiet life. Dale McLeo, Stoicism




69. The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas




70. Those who overcome great challenges will be changed, and often in unexpected ways. For our struggles enter our lives as unwelcome guests, but they bring valuable gifts. And once the pain subsides, the gifts remain. These gifts are life's true treasures, bought at great price, but cannot be acquired in any other way. Steve Goodier