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Life Quotes by Maeve Binchy
- I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.
- I don't think you're happier if you're thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My heroines do not…
- I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and…
- Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in…
- We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important…
- If I had my life to live all over again, I really think I would have been a fit person. Looking around me, I realise…
- Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life…
- There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge…
- I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my…
- My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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