Life Quotes

Complacency kills. Paranoia is the reason I’m still alive.

~ D.j. Molles

A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity

~ Barbara Gordon

Most of life is routine-dull and grubby, but routine is the mountain that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

~ Ben Nicholas

Charles Dickens' creation of Mr. Pickwick did more for the elevation of the human race - I say it in all seriousness - than Cardinal Newman's Lead Kindly Light Amid the Encircling Gloom. Newman only cried out for light in the gloom of a sad world. Dickens gave it.

~ Stephen Leacock

The wind was cold off the mountains and I was a naked man with enemies behind me, and nothing before me but hope.

~ Louis L'amour

Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.

~ Anon

Man's attitude toward great qualities in others is often the same as toward high mountains - he admires them but he prefers to walk around them.

~ Moritz Saphir.

Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

~ J.m. Barrie

Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

~ Ella Wheeler

Give us men to match our mountains, Give us men to match our plains: Men with empires in their purpose And new eras in their brains.

~ Miller H.t.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

~ Abigail Van Buren

Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful hearin' when age has further impaired his mind.

~ Finley Peter Dunne

A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.

~ Louis L'amour

My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

~ Anthony Hopkins

America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.

~ Barack Obama

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

~ Al Lopez

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

~ Helen Keller

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

~ Harvey Mackay

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

~ Bill Gates

Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life.

~ Richard Branson

City life is stressful. Everybody is running around like crazy, stuck in traffic jams trying to make meetings, trying to make ends meet, trying to meet deadlines, trying to get kids to and from activities. There aren't enough hours in the day for all this business.

~ Rebecca Pidgeon

Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.

~ Fabrizio Moreira

Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It's a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can't get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.

~ Noam Chomsky

I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There's so much mystery. There's so much awe.

~ Jane Goodall

Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.

~ Jay Samit

In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of.

~ Johnny Isakson

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

~ Zig Ziglar

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

~ Ivanka Trump

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

~ Aaron Burr

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.

~ Mitt Romney

The business of business is relationships the business of life is human connection.

~ Robin S. Sharma

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

~ Isak Dinesen

We all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a real business doing it?

~ Brendon Burchard

Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.

~ Rachel Roy

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

~ Tupac Shakur

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

~ Benjamin Disraeli

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.

~ H. Jackson Brown

If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.

~ Adam Carolla

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

~ Larry King

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.

~ Phil Knight