Quotes about Living

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" — a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

To live in thoughts of what you might have done, or in dreams of what you mean to do, this is folly: but to put away regret, to anchor anticipation, and to do and to work now, this is wisdom. Whilst a man is dwelling upon the past or future he is missing the present; he is forgetting to live now. All things are possible now, and only now.

By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived.

Understanding is important for studying, knowledge is important for teaching, and wisdom is important for living.

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.

Efficient spending and saving will give the family more security, more opportunities, more education, and a higher standard of living.

We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.

There must be the keenest sense of duty, and with it must go the joy of living; there must be shame at the thought of shirking the hard work of the world, and at the same time delight in the many-sided beauty of life

life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.

Our own life has to be our message.

Human beings are by their nature social and political, living in community even more than every other animal.

I used to live on a houseboat near Hammersmith Bridge.