Lifetime Quotes

2001 Lifetime quotes by 1422 unique authors

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough. — Sylvia Plath
Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and… — Louis L'Amour
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. — Elisabeth Elliot
Then i imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again. — Mary Ann Shaffer
The very worst impulses of humankind can survive generations, centuries, even millennia. And the best of our individual efforts can die with us at the… — Elizabeth Kostova
He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against… — Kelly Corrigan
An en is a karmic bond lasting a lifetime. Nowadays many people seem to believe their lives are entirely a matter of choice; but in… — Arthur Golden
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort. — Fred Rogers
But time, as well as healing all wounds, taught me something strange too: that it's possible to love more than one person in a lifetime.… — Paulo Coelho
For, how else to seize such an instant? How to shout out into the empty air just the right words, and on cue? Frame a… — Richard Ford
One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I could tell her from personal experience that when people we love make choices we don't always understand them. But we can go on loving… — Jodi Picoult
His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings, the planets, everything… — Isabel Allende
Life is made up of meetings and partings. People come into your life everyday, you say good morning, you say good evening, some stay for… — Cecelia Ahern
All day I've built a lifetime and now the sun sinks to undo it. — Anne Sexton
Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: 'St.' It's a much more difficult degree to attain.… — Mother Angelica
Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a… — Annie Barrows
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you… — Ernest Hemingway
We have inhabited both the actual and the imaginary realms for a long time. But we don't live in either place the way our parents… — Ursula K. Le Guin
We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way… — Kay Redfield Jamison
When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course, he saw that… — Ian Mcewan
You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness." He spoke every sentence as if he'd written it down, memorized it, and… — John Green
You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep record of them, that you will read them from time… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Existence is not itself a good thing, that we should spend a lifetime securing its necessaries: a life spent, however victoriously, in securing the necessaries… — A. E. Housman
Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime. — Mineko Iwasaki

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