Life is like this. Crushing is there, and success is there. Never only success.
– from The Covenant of Water book by Abraham Verghese
Tag: Quotes on Life
Much of life is timing and …
Much of life is timing and circumstance, I see that now.
– from An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones
Most of what matters in our …
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
– from Midnight’s Children book by Salman Rushdie
I tell you, this life doesn’t …
I tell you, this life doesn’t simply come with its share of unpredictability; surprise is its most conspicuous feature.
– from Just as I Am book by Cicely Tyson
Life was opportunity, a chest of …
Life was opportunity, a chest of drawers to open, one after the other.
– from Hello Beautiful book by Ann Napolitano
I don’t want to live my …
I don’t want to live my life like it’s a triathlon and all that matters is getting to some imaginary ribbon. I want my life to be like – like making pottery. I want to enjoy it while it’s happening, not just for where it might get me eventually.
– from Happy Place book by Emily Henry
Life is like an extremely difficult …
Life is like an extremely difficult, horribly unbalanced videogame. When you’re born, you’re given a randomly generated character, with a randomly determined name, race, face, and social class. Your body is your avatar, and you spawn in a random geographic location, at a random moment in human history, surrounded by a random group of people, and then you have to try to survive for as long as you can.
– from Ready Player Two book by Ernest Cline
You come into this world with …
You come into this world with nothing and you go empty-handed. The wealth of life lies only in how you have allowed its experiences to enrich you. Filth can blossom into the fragrance of a flower. Manure can transform itself into the sweetness of a mango. No adversity is an impediment if you are in a state of conscious response. No matter what the nature of the situation you are in, it can only enhance your experience of life, if you allow it to.
– from Inner Engineering book by Sadhguru
I believe everything we do in …
I believe everything we do in life is part of a plan. Sometimes the plan goes as intended, and sometimes it doesn’t. That’s part of the plan.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
There are certain steps you take …
There are certain steps you take in life that you can’t easily turn back from. So take them with care. You don’t want to make a fool of yourself.
– from The Man Who Died Twice book by Richard Osman