Thursday, January 8, 2009

Life's lessons

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon--instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today." - Andrew Carnegie

"Success is following the pattern of life one enjoys most." - Al Capp

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." - Thomas Carlyle

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Gandhi

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on." - Robert Lee Frost

"Life is the sum of all your choices." - Albert Camus

"It is not length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice." - Kahlil Gibran

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Confucius

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