Dec 03, 2004 23:53
Life
*When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me" -Erma Bombeck
*Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment -Buddha
*I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. -John Burroughs
*The purpose of life is a life of purpose. -Robert Byrne
*Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. -Anton Chekhov
*You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave. -Quentin Crisp
*Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
*Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. -Harvey Fierstein
*I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. -Alice Roosevelt Longworth
*He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. -Friedrich Nietzsche