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Life Quotes

    “Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

      “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist.” ~ Jack London

          Work Hard at Work Worth Doing ~ Theodore Roosevelt

              “All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means – for example, wealth and status – with that life itself.  This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life.  The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.” ~ Epictetus

                “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr

                  “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.” ~ Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of Modern Olympic Games

                        “Life is too short to be small.” ~ Bernjamin Disraeli

                          “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ~ Maya Angelou

                            “Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.” ~ John F. Kennedy

                              “Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.” ~ Harvey Mackay

                                “Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” ~ Og Mandino

                                  “My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.” ~ Ronald Reagan

                                    “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” ~ Jim Rohn

                                    What Will Matter

                                      Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

                                      There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

                                      All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

                                      Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

                                      It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

                                      Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.

                                      So too, your hopes, ambitions plans and to-do lists will expire.

                                      The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

                                      It won’t matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.

                                      It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

                                      Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

                                      So what will matter?  How will the value of your days be measured?

                                      What will matter is not what you bought by what you build,

                                      not what you got but what you gave.

                                      What will matter is not your success but our significance.

                                      What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught,

                                      What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

                                      What will matter is not your competence but your character.

                                      What will matter is not how many people you knew,

                                      but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

                                      What will matter is not our memories but the memories of those who loved you.

                                      What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

                                      Living a life that maters doesn’t happen by accident.

                                      It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

                                      Choose to live a life that matters.

                                       

                                      ~ Michael Josephson

                                          “How do I define success? Let me tell you, money’s pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.” ~ Oprah Winfrey