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title: "9 Life Stands Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/most-of-us-have-two-lives-the-life-we-live-and-the-unlived-life/)

[Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/steven-pressfield-696_life_most-of-us-have-two-lives-the-life-we-li_4668.jpg)

> [When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-we-remember-that-we-are-all-mad-the-mysteries-disappear-and-life/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/mark-twain-22_life_when-we-remember-that-we-are-all-mad-the_3161003.png)

> [TO BE in the dilemma of life when it stands in front of deaths eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sorin-cerin/to-be-in-the-dilemma-of-life-when-it-stands-in-front-of-deaths/)

[Sorin Cerin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sorin-cerin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/sorin-cerin-893_death_to-be-in-the-dilemma-of-life-when-it-sta_637884.jpg)

> [Life stands still when mankind is afraid to take a chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corita-kent/life-stands-still-when-mankind-is-afraid-to-take-a-chance/)

[Corita Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corita-kent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/corita-kent-20084_afraid_life-stands-still-when-mankind-is-afraid_2355470.png)

> [“Even a wasted life stands as an important example and therefore can never be useless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-wallace/even-a-wasted-life-stands-as-an-important-example-and-therefore-can/)

[Mark Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-wallace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/mark-wallace-64904_life_even-a-wasted-life-stands-as-an-importan_3121245.jpg)

> [Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-friedrich-gauss/life-stands-before-me-like-an-eternal-spring-with-new-and-brilliant/)

[Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-friedrich-gauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/carl-friedrich-gauss-9412_brilliant_life-stands-before-me-like-an-eternal-sp_2523086.png)

> [When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-we-remember-we-are-all-mad-the-mysteries-disappear-and-life/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/mark-twain-22_disappear_when-we-remember-we-are-all-mad-the-myst_344684.png)

> [“Ive allways wondered what the 4 letters in the word LIFE stands for. I know understand that it stands for: Little Interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armin-houman/ive-allways-wondered-what-the-4-letters-in-the-word-life-stands-for-i/)

[Armin Houman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armin-houman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/armin-houman-52314_facts_ive-allways-wondered-what-the-4-letters_516254.jpg)

> [“There is but one task for all -- One life for each to give. What stands if Freedom fall?" \[ For All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/there-is-but-one-task-for-all-one-life-for-each-to-give-what-stands/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/rudyard-kipling-527_freedom_there-is-but-one-task-for-all-one-life-f_2967173.png)

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