Life/Living

“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” —Jack London

“I’m convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price that must be paid. It’s a real struggle to do it. It requires visualization and affirmation. It involves living a life of integrity, starting with making and keeping promises, until the whole human personality, the senses, the thinking, the feeling, and the intuition are ultimately integrated and harmonized.” —Stephen Covey

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” —Danny Kaye

“Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.” —Sidney Poitier

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” —Bob Dylan

“The only time you’ll ever have is now.” —Brian Tracy

“You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.”
—Denis Waitley

“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” —Lyndon B. Johnson

“Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.” —Charles Schultz