Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"The universal factors in personality are those that emerge from the basic needs of human existence."
Raymond Cattell
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"Character is destiny, but destiny is not fixed."
Robert McCrae
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"The richest life is lived by those who embrace their own nature."
Robert McCrae
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"Life is not about finding yourself; it is about creating yourself, one choice at a time."
Costa Paul
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"Becoming is superior to being; becoming is the fundamental truth of life."
Gordon Allport
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"A person is not merely a soldier, a businessman, or a professional; he is a human being first."
Gordon Allport
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"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment."
Gordon Allport
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"Every person is in some respects like all other persons, like some other persons, and like no other person."
Gordon Allport
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"Life is not about finding yourself; it is about creating yourself."
Gordon Allport
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"Life is what you make it, but what you can make depends on your personality."
Hans Eysenck
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"Life satisfaction depends more on personality than on circumstances."
Hans Eysenck
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"The human being needs meaning. Life without meaning is an intolerable existence."
Rollo May
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"The experience of living is like climbing a ladder."
Rollo May
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"Every day is a choice to be alive."
Rollo May
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"Life is the greatest teacher of all."
Alice Miller
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"We are all shaped by the experiences we choose to embrace."
Robert McCrae
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"Personality is destiny, yet destiny is not fixed."
Robert McCrae
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"We are most alive when we are most authentic."
Robert McCrae
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"Our thoughts about ourselves become our reality."
Walter Mischel
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"The quality of our self-talk determines the quality of our lives."
Walter Mischel
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"The stories we tell ourselves shape the lives we live."
Walter Mischel
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"The distance between where you are and where you want to be is filled with choices."
Walter Mischel
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"What we practice becomes who we are."
Walter Mischel
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"Our narratives about ourselves are the most important stories we tell."
Walter Mischel
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"What you practice in small moments shapes your character in big moments."
Walter Mischel
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"We are constantly becoming; the question is who we're becoming."
Walter Mischel
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"What you feed grows; what you starve dies."
Walter Mischel
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"The pursuit of meaning is as fundamental as the pursuit of happiness."
Raymond Cattell
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"Life is the art of making meaning from meaninglessness."
Costa Paul
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"Life is the space between the questions we ask and the answers we discover."
Costa Paul