Quotes

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.

That materialistic life, that's not my god.

I am a proud man and never takes things for granted in my life.

I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.

You do a deal - business deal, real estate deal, stock deal - protect yourself at all times. I got that from boxing. That's from A to Z: that covers everything in life. And it started when I heard it in the ring. They don't say that in basketball or football or any other sport that I know of but boxing.

The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.

There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

My mother, Laura Sumner, had cerebral palsy. She was born absolutely fine, but after about three days, she started having convulsions that left her with a condition that would confine her to a wheelchair her entire life.

As you get older, you kind of take a more sober view of life.

There's challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.

If you choose to take a path in life, don't blame other people for the path you've chosen to take.

People come up to me and say, 'You changed my life.' I don't think I changed anyone's life. I think their life changed while they were listening to the music.

I think when you're in your 20s, going from adolescence to about 24, I think your life is a series of emotional storms that you have to weather. Life is more emotional at that time, and you're less equipped to deal with what life throws at you. I always think that if you can get past 24, than life really starts at that point.

There's only two choices when life goes wrong. You deal with it, or you check out, and, like 90% of people, I go for the former.

When you grow up without a brother or sister, you tend to see things just through your own eyes. You have friends and everything, but you spend most of your time watching TV or sat in a room making decisions about your life on your own.