life

"To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don't be afraid of your fears, they're not there to scare you; they're there to let you know that something is worth it."

"Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life."

"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."

"Every man should believe in something.If not..he would doubt everything, even himself."

"The quality of life is more important than life itself."

"A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)"

"I don’t want life to imitate art. I want life to BE art."

"Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise."

"The Book of Life, I’m still writing it—both literally and literarily. So far I’ve written the Table of Contents. Right now it’s more of a coffee table."

"Life must be lived as play."

"Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up"

"The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live."

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."

"When things go wrong, don't go with them."

"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible."

"I’m so shy that if you played “Guess The Mannequin” with me and two mannequins, you’d pick me, because I’m the quiet one. Still, it’s important for me to get out and meet people, even if that means hanging around department stores wearing the latest fashions."

"An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are."

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain."