Life Quotes

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

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"A person's life is the cumulative effect of countless small choices."
Robert E. Lee
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"A man's legacy is not measured in gold, but in the lives he has touched."
Napoléon III
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"A life without purpose is like a ship without a compass."
Napoléon III
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"The sound judgment required in military matters is the sound judgment required in life."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"One should approach each day as though it were both the first and the last."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Saladin
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"Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir."
Frederick the Great
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"I prefer my chocolate hot, my coffee in the morning, and my cider in the afternoon."
Frederick the Great
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"A man is as old as he feels himself to be."
Frederick the Great
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"The only true success in life is to be yourself."
Horatio Nelson
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"Life is not a struggle for survival, but a struggle for the improvement of the human condition."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to waste it is sinful."
Joan of Arc
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"One life is all we have."
Joan of Arc
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"Life teaches harsh lessons to those who refuse to listen."
Saladin
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"A man may make mistakes and still be a man."
Robert E. Lee
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"I have walked in the shadow of death, and it taught me to live fully."
William the Conqueror
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"To live is to struggle; to struggle is to grow."
Horatio Nelson
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"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to waste it, to use it so it has no meaning, is to betray it."
Joan of Arc
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"One must live for something greater than oneself."
Joan of Arc
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"To live fully is to live with purpose and passion."
Joan of Arc
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"To live with honor is to live with God."
Joan of Arc
"A man's own worst enemy cannot wish him more misfortune than he brings upon himself."
Hannibal Barca
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Hannibal Barca
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"A life without purpose is like a ship without a rudder."
Frederick the Great
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Frederick the Great
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"Life is brief, like the flash of a comet. Make it count."
Genghis Khan
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"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to waste and to despair is not to live."
Joan of Arc
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"Life is a battlefield where preparation determines victory."
William the Conqueror
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"Life, not just existence, is what matters."
Julius Caesar
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"Life without purpose is life without meaning."
Julius Caesar