Quotes with life-affirming

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  • George Eliot Children demand that their heroes should be freckleless, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Bill Kurtis Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. But the reason is, you're going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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  • Francis Bacon Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Bruce Barton Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Martin Luther Christian life consists of faith and charity.
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  • Barry Sanders Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Richard Halverson Christianity is either relevant all the time or useless anytime. It is not just a phase of life; it is life itself.
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  • Francis Schaeffer Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.
    Francis Schaeffer
    American theologian and philosopher (1912 - 1984)
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  • Bela Lugosi Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Alan Dundes Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Edward Hoagland City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.
    Edward Hoagland
    American Novelist, Essayist (1932 - )
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  • John Buchan Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
    John Buchan
    Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist (1875 - 1940)
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  • Ann Landers Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
    Ann Landers
    American columnist (1918 - 2002)
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  • Frank Moore Colby Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant.
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything to dream except our ordinary lives. Loyd: Only if you have an ordinary life. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Bob Newhart Comedians are innately programmed to pick up oddities like mispronounced words, upside-down books on a shelf, and generally undetectable mistakes in everyday life.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Common sense is calculation applied to life.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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