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“In spite of the division of the country all of us Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs--have to live together. Let us, therefore, live in peace so that the poor and the down-trodden may in the new freedom that we have achieved get enough to eat and to cover their naked bodies, leading to a happier and fuller life.”
Swaran Singh (1907–1994) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a press appeal to the people on 10-8-47 in Lahore. Civil and Military Gazette: 12-8-47. quoted in Talib, S. G. S. (1950). Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus inthe Punjab, 1947. Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parb…
“As we sat together in that kitchen, with the overhead lights reflecting back against the darkness outside, I had a realization: I could spend my life sitting at that counter, or I could get up and live. I chose to get up and live.”
Kyle Carpenter (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People want to see it because although it’s not a pretty scene that the movie is reflecting; it still is the reality that we live in, and it just portrays and exemplifies the life that we live in as it is. Nothing more, nothing less.”
Park So-dam (born 1991) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why Parasite has been a tremendous success in South Korea in "PARASITE Interview: Park So-dam on Failure, Family, and "Appa" Song Kang-ho" in Screen Anarchy (21 October 2019)
“For me, the most important thing in education is to instill a sense of responsibility. Because when you are responsible for your words, it will be very easy for you to live in this life later. If you live all the time with the claim that everyone owes you, it is very stupid.”
Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Чулпан Хаматова и ее 17-летняя дочь дали первое совместное интервью (18 October 2019)
“I believe what’s most important is my quest to live a life that is relevant, and it can only be relevant if I have found solutions to problems that make a difference in the world I live in".”
Ada Osakwe (born 1980) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: April, 23rd 2016.
“Like why would you attack me about my body? "I know my body, trust me, I look at it every day, and I live in it. Manje wena, you feel a need to point stuff out as if I do not know. Just live your life. I actually really do not want to hear your negativity here”
Jessica Nkosi (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If marriage doesn’t come, one would still live one’s life. It is not a do-or-die affair, and not everybody would get married. When people get married and stay in it, I consider them lucky. These days, marriages don’t last. When one hears the things happening everywhere, getting ‘entangled’ would be scary. People that are not married still live happily.”
Ayo Adesanya (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You should do what you want to do according to what you believe in. Whatever you believe in and that works for you, do it. What I believe in is ‘live and let live’. I try as much as possible to abide by the rules of life.”
Nse Ikpe-Etim (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As for the Indian wars, it seems that the time is far away, but it isn’t. The Wounded Knee massacre took place when my grandmother was seven. And Native people, throughout the world, live with history as part of life in the mind, the heart, every day. We may live in modern America, hold jobs, but history is present. Time is different for us. (2012)”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I define success by my well-being and privilege to live a location-independent lifestyle that is filled with options and freedom of choice to live my life based on what’s best for me.”
Monica Wilson (1908–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The answer is to live to its fullest our faith in Jesus and to openly proclaim the supreme gift of God to humanity: grace and salvation through Jesus made man. The answer is to live our ecclesial life in Jesus more intensely, and openly proclaim the message of salvation, clearly and boldly, without disputes between churches and in the joy of our Catholic identity.”
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino (1942–2021) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Exc. Rev. Msgr Jorge Liberato UROSA SAVINO, Archbishop of Valencia (18 November 1997) Press Office of the Holy See
“At that point I already had four children.The only option was to live with the father of my youngest child.I fell pregnant again with my fifth child,but he started abusing me physically and emotionally.He told me that I would never amount to anything in life and that I have nothing to live for.”
Sana Mchunu (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A land ethic for tomorrow should be as honest as Thoreau's Walden, and as comprehensive as the sensitive science of ecology. It should stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life. If, in our haste to "progress," the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America.”
Stewart Udall (1920–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being consistently in the opposition has never been an issue for me. For as long as all Filipinos benefit from it, and the greater good of the country demands it, I will say it and do it; let history be my witness. If I were to live my life again, I will live is exactly as I did...I will still do it my way.”
Eva Estrada Kalaw (1920–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have to be of a special constitution to be able to live the way most people live. Work, home, sleep. Work, home, sleep. This is how you survive life. Baptism, wedding, funeral.”
Edward Stachura (1937–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My life and how I live it. My freedom, my choices. I don’t wanna live in a box.”
Heart Evangelista (born 1985) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Heart Evangelista Talks Marriage with Chiz Escudero". PEP.ph. 12 May 2023.
“No one can live a full life alone, as a hermit in a desert,” he reminded us. “And no one can live outside the reach of law, for even solitude is subject to the law of silence.”
George Kanyeihamba (1939–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am that kind of person who is true to herself. If you want to please the whole world, live a fake life. I am true to myself and live each day as if it’s my last on earth. I always want to make an impression in whatever I do.”
Shashl wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will live only once, and it is shameful to live on the margins and accept the scraps of life when we are capable of creating what suits us”
Naglaa Mahfouz (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have opinions about just about anything – racism, homophobia, violence against women and children, these things are about quality of life and individuals being able to be able to live a full and meaningful live.”
Soli Philander (1961–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When it comes to whaling, I believe that direct action is the most effective approach. There is no argument to say otherwise. Our actions speak for themselves. In the Southern Ocean we saved the lives of 6,500 whales. Overall, through the decades, I believe that we’ve saved the lives of tens of thousands of whales that would have been killed illegally if not for our intervention.”
Paul Watson (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) said by 1590 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Du Bartas
“O star-built bridge, broad milky way! O star-lit, stately, splendid span! If but one star should cease to stay And prop its shoulders to God's plan — The man who lives for self, I say, He lives for neither God nor man.”
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Building of the City Beautiful (1905), Ch. V : How Beautiful!, p. 48.
“Each gives to each, and like the star Gets back its gift in tenfold pay.To get and give and give amain The rivers run and oceans roll. O generous and high-born rain When reigning as a splendid whole! That man who lives for self alone Lives for the meanest mortal known.”
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Building of the City Beautiful (1905), Ch. V : How Beautiful!, p. 48.
“Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at ground level, in the specific details of what you're doing every day.”
Marcus Buckingham (born 1966) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Author Marcus Buckingham, cited in: Michel Beaudry, "Sam Rees - making the Whistler leap," at piquenewsmagazine.com, November 28, 2013.
“For greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.”
Phillips Brooks (1835–1893) first seen 1879 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermons (1879), p. 14.
“Women will risk their lives to protect children, but rarely risk their lives to protect an adult man.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are 25 differences in the way women and men behave in the workplace. These 25 differences lead to men receiving higher pay and women having better lives—or at least more balanced lives.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits than to say that our lives depend upon our opinions, which is only now and then true.”
Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) said by 1853 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Christ has given us, not only the ritual of an ordinance, but the pattern for our lives, when He took the cup, and gave thanks. So common joys become sacraments, enjoyment becomes worship, and the cup which holds the bitter or the sweet skillfully mingled for our lives becomes the cup of blessing and salvation drank in remembrance of Him.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jesus lives! the same comforting, helping, instructing, loving Elder Brother, as when John leaned on His bosom, as when He lifted Peter up from the waves, as when He dried Mary's tears with His, "Thy sins are forgiven thee." Jesus lives! the same almighty Saviour, Guide, Intercessor, as when He ascended to glory with the broken fetters of sin and death in His pierced hands.”
Abbott Eliot Kittredge (1834–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our lives become beautiful not because we are perfect. Our lives become beautiful because we put our heart into what we are doing. -Sadhguru”
Sadhguru (born 1957) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Isha Insights Magazine, Spring Edition 2009
“Trusting government nowadays means dividing humanity into two classes: those who can be trusted with power to run other people’s lives, and those who cannot even be trusted to run their own lives.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What about what he lives for, Squire? Isn't that the true measure of a man, what he lives for?”
Arthur M. Jolly (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will not sign any statement. We will speak only at the National Assembly, because we have worked hard for the people all our lives. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. And we will not betray our people here.”
Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statements at trial (25 December 1989)
“Today Negroes want above all else to abolish poverty in their lives and in the lives of the white poor. This is the heart of their program. To end the humiliation was a start, but to end poverty is a bigger task. It is natural for Negroes to turn to the labor movement because it was the first and pioneer anti-poverty program....”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats, None knew so well as I: For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No one can understand history without continually relating the long periods which are constantly mentioned to the experiences of our own short lives. Five years is a lot. Twenty years is the horizon to most people. Fifty years is antiquity. To understand how the impact of destiny fell upon any generation of men one must first imagine their position and then apply the time-scale of our own lives.”
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.”
W. H. Auden (1907–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time;”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Henry W. Longfellow
“No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.”
Francis Quarles (1592–1644) first seen 1621 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Esther (1621), Sec. 1, Meditation 1.
“We know so well what we are doing ourselves and why we do it, do we not? I fancy that there is some truth in the view which is being put forward nowadays, that it is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.”
Samuel Butler (novelist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Private lives should be no business of the State. The State is bad enough as it is. It cannot educate or medicate or feed the people; it cannot do anything but kill the people. No State like that do we want prying into our private lives.”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Gert Jonkers, "Gore Vidal, the Fantastic Man," Butt, No. 20 (7 April 2007)
“Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.”
Richard Stallman (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By making a statute and by defining blasphemy, the church sought to prevent discussion -- sought to prevent argument -- sought to prevent a man giving his honest opinion. Certainly a tenet, a dogma, a doctrine, is safe when hedged about by a statute that prevents your speaking against it. In the silence of slavery it exists. It lives because lips are locked. It lives because men are slaves.”
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) said by 1899 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole Earth is the Sepulchre of famous men; and their story is not graven only on Stone over their native earth, but lives on far away, without visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives.”
Pericles (494–429 BC) said by 429 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in A Brief and True Report concerning Williamsburg in Virginia by Rutherford Goodwin (1941), p. 125
“How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?”
Gerry Spence (1929–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is also possible within this lifetime to enhance the power of the mind, enabling one to reaccess memories from previous lives. Such recollection tends to be more accessible during meditative experiences in the dream state. Once one has accessed memories of previous lives in the dream state, one gradually recalls them in the waking state.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with The Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism (1999)