“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
Ovid
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Life Quotes
LifeLife Lessons
459 quotes on life and the lessons it teaches — from the classics to the everyday.
“In all of living have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”
Alan Cohen
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Annie Dillard · The Writing Life, 1989
“What you let in becomes what you speak, and what you speak becomes what you do.”
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“I could tell you my adventures, beginning from this morning, but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
Alice · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.”
Alice · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1951 Disney film line often attributed to the story
“I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”
Alice · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”
Alice · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
“It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
Alice · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
The Cheshire Cat · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 (paraphrased from the exchange)
“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.”
Satchel Paige
“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.”
Satchel Paige
“Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain't restful.”
Satchel Paige · from his rules for staying young
“Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.”
Satchel Paige · from his rules for staying young
“Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.”
Satchel Paige · from his rules for staying young
“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”
Satchel Paige
