Quotes about Life

The woman about to become a mother, or with her newborn infant upon her bosom, should be the object of trembling care and sympathy wherever she bears her tender burden or stretches her aching limbs.... God forbid that any member of the profession to which she trusts her life, doubly precious at that eventful period, should hazard it negligently, unadvisedly or selfishly.

Truth is the breath of life to human society. It is the food of the immortal spirit. Yet a single word of it may kill a man as suddenly as a drop of prussic acid.

The longer we live, the more we find we are like other persons.

What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to attempt to read a hundred?

To live is to function. That is all there is in living.

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

what matters for each of us is the adequacy and truth of what we come to believe is the meaning of life—and therefore the source from which we derive our sense of identity, purpose, ethics and community.

The first level of understanding necessary to faith is becoming critically aware of our dilemma in life without God.

calling in the Bible is a central and dynamic theme that becomes a metaphor for the life of faith itself.