Famous Quotes About life

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.