Citater om life

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.
Living my life, the way that I hope. Is leading me to the great forever.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Isn't there something in living dangerously?
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Live truth instead of professing it.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.
Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Work-life is not a women's issue, it is a human issue and a family issue.
It is very important to find a balance between life and work as well. Follow your heart and do something you love.
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you are afraid to write about.
The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.
If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run then walk. If you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.
You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevetibale, personal growth is always a personnal decision.
If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.
If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he is obligated to do so.
I make progress by having people around who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.
I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad. I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.
The will-to-live becomes the will-to-power.
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
It is difficult to predict, especially the future.
For life and death are one even as the river and the sea are one
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.
If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
Work-life is not a women's issue, it is a human issue and a family issue.
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.