Quotes with life-affirming

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Beverly Sills My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
    Beverly Sills
    American operatic soprano (1929 - 2007)
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  • Anthony Robbins My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg My dream was to have a garage where I could put some of the coolest cars I've ever seen throughout my life.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bruce Robinson My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.
    Bruce Robinson
    English actor, director and novelist (1946 - )
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  • Bill Parcells My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Robert E. Lee My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
    Robert E. Lee
    American legeraanvoerder (1807 - 1870)
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  • Barack Obama My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Lee Iacocca My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Bruce Forsyth My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Bill Bryson My father liked Iowa. He lived his whole life in the state, and is even now working his way through eternity there, in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.
    The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much, and I am willing to do this again if necessary.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Albrecht Durer My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Andrew Taylor Still My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.
    Andrew Taylor Still
    American physician and surgeon (1828 - 1917)
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  • Steve Jobs My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
    Steve Jobs
    American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial (1955 - 2011)
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  • Olive Schreiner My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • Bradford Dillman My feeling is that you should try to do the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career because I enjoyed it then as I do now. The only question for me then was, 'Can I make a living at it?'
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  • Jim Carrey My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.
    Jim Carrey
    Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist and screenwriter (1962 - )
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  • Bernadette Devlin My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson My goals in football helped make me disciplined and focused in all areas of my life.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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