Life Quotes

“One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.”

-- Erma Bombeck

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”

-- Bertrand Russell

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

-- Dorothea Lange

“The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.”

-- Oscar Wilde

“When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'”

-- Sydney J. Harris

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.”

-- Tony Robbins

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”

-- Winston Churchill

“I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”

-- Tennessee Williams

“A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.”

-- Benjamin Franklin

“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”

-- Pythagoras