Quotes about Life
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
— William Barclay
An honest assessment of our own capabilities, without conceit and without false modesty, is one of the first essentials of a useful life.
— William Barclay
If all the other noble qualities of life were placed in the balance against it, loyalty would outweigh them all.
— William Barclay
Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
— William Faulkner
Tell about the South. What's it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there. Why do they live at all.
— William Faulkner
He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.
— William Golding
Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
— William Goldman
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
— William Hazlitt
Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.
— William James
The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
— William James
There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.
— William James
Man lives for science as well as bread.
— William James