A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. Henry David Thoreau
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. Martin Luther God Faith
Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded. Antoine De Saint-Exupery Life
The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred. Soichiro Honda Life Soul
Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet. Victor Hugo Life Future Dreams
I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value. Camille Pissarro
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. Dale Carnegie
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain Death
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Jack London Time
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause. Theodore Roosevelt
I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life. D. H. Lawrence Self-discovery Love
In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, - seven or eight ancestors at least, and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life. Luigi Pirandello
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke. Herman Melville
Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performanceof this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-discovery Life Fear