Life

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.