"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
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"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style..."
"I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself."
"A complete stranger has the capacity to alter the life of another irrevocably. This domino effect has the capacity to change the course of an entire world. That is what life is; a chain reaction of individuals colliding with others and influencing their lives without realizing it. A decision that seems miniscule to you, may be monumental to the fate of the world."
"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you."
"I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do."
"I like good strong words that mean something…"
"The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in."
"The only problem with dreaming is it's a solo activity. Imagine how glorious life would be if we could share dreams and create in unison."
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."
"Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall."
"Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets."
"My life didn't please me, so I created my life."
"So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."
"The beautiful is always bizarre."
"Sometimes just the tiniest allocation of time spent with a friend, imprints on your mind and gives you something to smile about for the rest of the week, month, or your life!"
"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."