Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!
—Edward Everett Hale (American Unitarian Clergyman)
So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person’s genius is confined to a very few hours.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)
No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full.
—Spanish Proverb
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.
—Emily Dickinson (American Poet)
The word ”Christianity” is already a misunderstanding—in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (German Philosopher, Scholar)
Enjoy yourself–it’s later than you think.
—Chinese Proverb
Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour;|Improve each moment as it flies!|Life’s a short summer, man a flower;|He dies – alas! how soon he dies.
—Samuel Johnson (British Essayist)
Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.
—Chinese Proverb
Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.
—Scottish Proverb
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
—Japanese Proverb
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
—John Henry Newman (British Catholic Clergyman)
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.
—George Bernard Shaw (Irish Playwright)