Life Quotes

Hilary was no young person, like his niece or Martin, to whom everything seemed simple; nor was he an old person like their grandfather, for whom life had lost its complications. ~ Fraternity by John Galsworthy Anne always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last night before sorrow touched her life; and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it. ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts ~ As You Like It by William Shakespeare "When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility." ~ The Little Minister by James M. Barrie "A little opposition gives spice to life." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery "But it ain't our feelings we have to steer by through life--no, no, we'd make shipwreck mighty often if we did that. There's only the one safe compass and we've got to set our course by that--what it's right to do." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show." ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Trifles make the sum of life. ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens "Lord bless you!" said Mr. Omer, resuming his pipe, "a man must take the fat with the lean; that's what he must make up his mind to, in this life. " ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens