Life Quotes

"The narrative self is both continuous and changeable, a unity through difference."

"Narrative identity allows us to be both continuity and discontinuity, tradition and innovation."

"The capability to live a decent life requires both material and non-material resources."

"The measurement of development must include what people actually achieve, not just resources."

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it."

"The experiencing self and the remembering self tell us different stories."

"The question of how to live a good life remains as relevant today as ever."

"The way we remember the past determines how we view ourselves."

"The experiencing self lives in the moment; the remembering self keeps score."

"We are all works in progress, constantly revising our understanding of ourselves."

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

"The peak-end rule explains how we remember experiences. We remember the peak moment and the ending, not the average."

"Character is what we do when no one is watching."

"Integrity is the most valuable currency."

"Balance is not about equal time, but aligned priorities."

"Legacy is what we leave in the hearts of others."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

"May you live every day of your life."

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

"Life is the practice of becoming"

"Life is meaningful precisely because it ends"

"A life without challenge is a life without growth."

"To be alive is to be in constant creation; to stop creating is to begin dying."

"Choices made under uncertainty reveal our true values better than our stated beliefs."

"Most of human behavior can be understood as attempts to manage uncertainty and risk."