Quotes in category: “Life”:

It turns out, you can't save people from themselves.

It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you. 

You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to slowly walk it down the stairs.

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded.

It's the rule of life that everything you have always wanted comes the very second you stop looking for it.

When you change the way you look at things the things you look at change. 

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. 

Sometimes people are the strongest when they have no one to hold them up. 

Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pluse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls, but it does pass. Even for me.

Derek: You can't live in fear. Life is about taking risks, not being afraid to go after what you want. 
Peyton: I'm just not sure if this is the right time. 
Derek: It never is. That's why it's called a risk 

I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade ... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.  

You can't go through life thinking everyone you meet will one day let you down.

Too many folks go through life running from something that isn't after them.

Our greatest fault is being conscious of others' faults.

When one thing doesn't work out it's only so that another thing will. 

Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. 

Regret comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are small, like when we do a bad thing for a good reason. Some are bigger like when we let down a friend. Some of us escape the pains of regret by making the right choice. Some of us have little time for regret because were looking forward to the future. Sometimes we have to fight to come to terms with the past, and sometimes we bury our regret by promising to change our ways. But our biggest regrets are not for the things we did but for the things we didn't do, things we didn't say that could have saved someone we care about. Especially when we can see the dark storm that's headed their way.

Have you ever wondered what marks our time here? If one life can really make an impact on the world? Or if the choices we make matter? Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back.

But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock.

When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you. 

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

In life, you can't get caught up wishing for something that won't happen. You've just gotta move on to the next best thing.

Life isn't supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss. Life isn't supposed to be a battle at all. And when it comes to happiness, well, sometimes life is just okay, sometimes it's comfortable, sometimes wonderful, sometimes boring, sometimes unpleasant. When your day's not perfect, it's not a failure or a terrible loss. It's just another day.

If we can forgive what's been done to us. . . 
If we can forgive what we've done to others. . . 
If we can leave all of our stories behind. Our being villains or victims. 
Only then, maybe, can we rescue the world.