It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
Samuel Johnson Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: action work life

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: patience wisdom careful planning

...Inner authority only develops when we realize that, in spite of all the things that happen to us that are outside of our control, through our choices in response to such events and through what we initiate ourselves, we are still, in large measure, 'authoring' our own lives. In the process, we find our own ways to be in this world, drawing on what is deepest and best and most creative in us.
Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
Categories: strength character choice responsibility living

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
Susan Ertz Treasury of Women's Quotations
Categories: boredom purpose life

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
Samuel Butler The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: life feelings instinct growth learning