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Life Quotes by Gail Sheehy
- No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.
- If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. If we…
- A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She…
- If menopause is the silent passage, 'male menopause' is the unspeakable passage. It is fraught with secrecy, shame, and denial. It is much more fundamental…
- A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She…
- To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
- The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he…
- This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because…
- In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives.
- Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to…
- Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.
- All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle