Life Quotes

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

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"Life is what you make of it."
Bob Schieffer
"It's our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Katie Couric
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Katie Couric
"Get busy living or get busy dying."
Katie Couric
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
Katie Couric
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
Katie Couric
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
Katie Couric
"What you pay attention to shapes who you become."
Diane Sawyer
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"When I was a boy, I would think of how to escape from whatever I was doing. Now I think of how to find meaning in what I'm doing."
Fred Rogers
"Life's meaning is found in the questions we ask, not the answers we find."
Mike Wallace
"Life is short. Don't spend it being angry or holding grudges."
Katie Couric
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"I try to live so that when I get up in the morning, the things I do will outweigh the things I forego."
Andy Rooney
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"I like my towels to be hung up, but not too neat. Life should look lived in."
Andy Rooney
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"Food is the most important thing about a dinner party."
Andy Rooney
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"I want to die young at a very old age."
Andy Rooney
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"Most of us waste our lives trying to keep up appearances."
Andy Rooney
"The best moments in life are often the unplanned ones."
Diane Sawyer
"Life is too short for relationships that drain your energy."
Diane Sawyer
"Life rewards those who approach it with genuine curiosity."
Diane Sawyer
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"Youth is full of promise and full of illusions."
Tom Wolfe
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"Life is what you make it."
Walter Matthau
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"Life rewards those who take risks."
Walter Matthau
"Life is about making connections and understanding what really matters to people."
Katie Couric
"The moments that change us are often the ones we can't predict."
Katie Couric
"The people we become is largely shaped by the choices we make daily."
Katie Couric
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"To the dumb question 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply 'Why not?'"
Christopher Hitchens
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"The most important thing in life is to know who you are."
Christopher Hitchens
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"The only person you have to convince is yourself."
Christopher Hitchens
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"The greatest tragedy is wasted potential."
Christopher Hitchens
"Good people drink good beer."
Hunter S. Thompson