Our Own Lives Quotes

148 quotes by 126 authors

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our… — Robert Foster Bennett
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life… — Les Brown
The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed or fail in directing the… — J. William Fulbright
We ordinary people must forge our own beauty. We must set fire to the greyness of our labor with the art of our own lives… — Kenji Miyazawa
Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives. — Deepak Chopra
We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan… — Colin Powell
We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way. — Surya Das
Spiritual seekers particularly are on a quest to understand life; we want to examine our own lives and find meaning in what we do and… — Surya Das
Peace is not just the absence of war, it is the active presence of a capacity for love and compassion, and reciprocity. It is an… — Dennis Kucinich
We who have Christ's eternal life need to throw away our own lives. — George Verwer
Now, near the Winter Solstice, it is good to light candles. All the nice meanings of bringing light to the world can be beautiful. But… — Ralph Levy
When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been… — Joseph Campbell
The things we think about, brood on, dwell on, and exult over influence our life in a thousand ways. When we can actually choose the… — Eknath Easwaran
We are monumentally distracted by a pervasive technological culture that appears to have a life of its own, one that insists on our full attention,… — Al Gore
We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a… — David Cameron
We must see that God operates not only in us but in others as well. God also operates in our so-called enemies. But these are… — Sri Chinmoy
Not completely, but neither of us gets mad when the other doesn't text back or call. Life's super-busy. Obviously you know what they're doing, and… — Jennifer Lawrence
I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives. — Tom Hiddleston
The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight… — Marianne Williamson
At the end of the day, we are responsible for our own lives. If anything happens to us, don't blame somebody else. Backtrack and look… — Isaac Hayes

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