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“I'm (Eugene) probably goin' to be promoted, and it'll be more than twenty bucks you'll get then, you just wait. You'll have enough to live on, Ma (Rose-Anna). You won't have to scrape all your life, the rest of us'll see to that.”
Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hold the simple belief that if you live your life in the right way guided by values, God will take care of the rest. God’s plans will always be better than the ones we come up with ourselves.”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Soderquist “Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 173.
“What really matters most is your relationship with God. If you hear and heed nothing else in this book, what I hope and pray what you take with you is a renewed sense of trust in the plans and purpose our loving God has for your life. With Him, you will have everything you need to best to live, learn, and lead.”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Soderquist “Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 174.
“Presumably those who profess and call themselves Christians believe their religion to be in some sense true; but in what sense? ... The truth of the Christian faith is the truth of a faith, or a way of life which shows itself true ... for those who live it.”
Donald M. MacKinnon (1913–1994) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Contemporary Christ," in Borderland Theology and Other Essays (1968), p. 82
“One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture”
Multatuli (1820–1887) said by 1887 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths, beyond the stars, just this: that to live without him is the real death, that to die with him the only life?”
Frederick Buechner (1926–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The smile of one flower permeates those who live next to death more than the problem of life and death.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The idea of preventive health is that we do something now so that nothing bad happens later. You eat a healthier diet now to avoid disease later. You have tremendous power over your health destiny. The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented with simple changes in what you eat and how you live. In other words, a long and healthy life is largely a matter of choice.”
Michael Greger (born 1972) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Michael Greger, How Not to Die (2025 Edition), Part 2. From Conclusion, at p.466. 470.
“Even if it is difficult, it is ‘to develop, fix, and make yourself.’ Then you will control yourself well, live your life easily, and prosper.”
Jung Myung Seok (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you want to live a life you've never lived, you have to do things you've never done.”
Jen Sincero (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I pray that all polar opposites learn to Agape Love, live and work together as brothers and sisters — or perish as fools. While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God, for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Prayers for President-elect Trump, Congressman Lewis, and everyone including leaders.”
Alveda King (born 1951) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alveda King, MLK’s niece: ‘I voted for Mr. Trump’ (January 16, 2017)
“We do not want to harm any human being, not even our worst enemy. Our walk of life is to live in truth and righteousness of God, in peace and unity. ... If all the world were like us there would be no war and no injustice.”
Jacob Hutter (1500–1536) said by 1536 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Governer Kuna von Kunstadt, as reported in William Roscoe Estep, The Anabaptist Story (1996), p. 133
“Yeah, I live a pretty Machiavellian life, and I'm a sceptic. I tend to believe the worst of people because I understand human nature. Human nature has never changed. That's why one of Stone's rules is that hate is a stronger motivator than love.”
Roger Stone (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If parents can tell their kids, `Look at Kim Dae Jung: Live upright, put your effort into a good cause and you will be successful,' then I think my life would be very meaningful”
Kim Dae-jung (1924–2009) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kim Blasts Regimes That 'Lie'" in The Washington Post (9 January 1999)
“Teaching remains a heroic act to me, and teachers live a necessary and all-important life. We are killing their spirit with unnecessary pressure and expectation that seem forced and destructive to me. Long ago I was one of them. I still regret I was forced to leave them. My entire body of work is because of men and women like them.”
Pat Conroy (1945–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Democracy did not stop at fighting authoritarianism. It enabled humanity to prosper with the power of freedom and creativity. Democracy is, even now, expanding in a manner that helps people live life to the fullest as humans.”
Moon Jae-in (born 1953) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks at Virtual Summit for Democracy" (11 December 2021)
“For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do we have to let every tree stay up and rot in the way that all our forests will turn into impassable thickets that are nicely called virgin forests? And just in order to ensure that every furniture beetle and cockroach can live a diverse and happy life. We the Finns are close to nature but why would we conserve so much that we run out of bread?”
Sauli Niinistö (born 1948) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Niinistö, the leader of the National Coalition Party, criticised the Natura 2000 environmental protection programme on 17 May 1997.
“This life takes a lot more courage than I ever gave it credit for. When I was growing up around here I was always fantasizing heroic shit without realizing that what was shaping up was going to be the greatest heroic adventure of them all: trying to live and be a decent human being. That shit takes more courage than I ever had.”
Junot Díaz (born 1968) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Profile in Playboy magazine (August 2013)
“And for yourself, may the gods grant you Your heart's desire, a husband and a home, And the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, When a man and woman live together With one heart and mind, bringing joy To their friends and grief to their foes.”
Stanley Lombardo (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think, again, as an old person, you should have a dignified end. You know? And I think we've robbed old people of that in society, y'know, like Capitalism and whatever. It's like, no, it's nice to, like, "You go, you've live your life, you've done your thing, and you can relax now.”
Trevor Noah (born 1984) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We Treated President Biden Like S#*T! - Trevor Noah (2024)
“When I was growing up in the 1950s, the twenty-first century was an idea associated with science fiction, not a reality in which I would live. Practical people focus on the next moment and leave the centuries to dreamers. But the truth is that the twenty-first century has turned out to be a very practical concern to me. I will spent a good deal of my life in it.”
George Friedman (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was because of my faith and my pro-life conviction, but ultimately, it was because of my kids, I want to not just talk about my faith, but I want to live it out too. And a few years ago, some of the older ones [were] aware of Planned Parenthood and what occurs there, and so, I wanted to set the example for them and be a dad that they could be proud of,”
Matt Birk (born 1976) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pro-life NFL star Matt Birk reveals real reason he skipped meeting with Obama (April 15, 2016)
“Whoever says that a man can live the Christian life, while at the same time successfully participating in the present order of things, is either profound in the lack of knowledge, or else he deliberately lies.”
George D. Herron (1862–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I could not do this, I realized, if I were immortal. This degree of love of life and of one another is granted, I saw for once and for ever, not to immortals, but to those who live briefly and always under the shadow of death and loss.”
Dan Simmons (1948–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don't let anyone else tell you when your time is up or what's best for you, you make that. And if you live by what other people want you to do with your life, you will be miserable, I can guarantee you that.”
Erika Jayne (born 1971) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Erika Jayne interview to E! News (2019)
“Brazilian prisons are wonderful places ... they’re places for people to pay for their sins, not live the life of Reilly in a spa. Those who rape, kidnap and kill are going there to suffer, not attend a holiday camp.”
Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In February 2014. Who is Jair Bolsonaro? Brazil's far-right president in his own words. The Guardian (29 October 2018).
“Those who are called revolutionaries and rebels, that is to say those who have escaped this conditioning, driven by the will to live, to reflect, to understand each other and to explore life and its.”
Waleed Al-Husseini (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a cowardice to not move forward in opportunity. We cannot live in a life devoid of danger.”
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The vegan lifestyle is a compassionate way to live that supports life, supports fairness and equality, and promotes freedom.”
Robert Cheeke (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have led a hard life; this was my choice. It was also an inexpensive one: this was essential. I would not have had it otherwise, nor asked for more. Looking back, I would happily live these years again, in the context of the past.”
Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I am convinced that my continuance in office in the Pakistan Central Government is not of any help to Hindus I should not with a clear conscience, create the false impression in the minds of the Hindus of Pakistan and peoples abroad that Hindus can live there with honour and with a sense of security in respect of their life, property and religion.”
Jogendra Nath Mandal (1904–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm a hopeful but faithless pessimist who thinks that the meaning in life exists in the struggle just to live it. I have a knack for rescuing blind, deaf animals from the mean streets of the city.”
Adam Myerson (born 1972) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From his Facebook profile (retrieved August 1, 2018).
“Until socialism—like Nazism or fascism confronted by the death camps and the slaughter of innocents—is confronted with its lived reality, the greatest atrocities of all recorded human life, we will not live "after socialism.”
Alan Charles Kors (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until socialism is confronted with its lived, communist reality, the gravest atrocities of all recorded human life, we live in its age.”
Alan Charles Kors (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The differential between the bubble we live in — which is ‘ordinary life’ — and the reality out there is almost as heavy as what is being depicted in a film like ‘the Matrix’. It could make you puke to make that step towards finding out what’s really going on.”
Matthew Bellamy (born 1978) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paul Branningan «We're months away from World War III» — p. 43 — Kerrang! (2006-11-10)
“You could be my unintended choice To live my life extended. You could be the one I'll always love. You could be the one who listens To my deepest inquisitions. You could be the one I'll always love.”
Matthew Bellamy (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Education is perceived as a crucial instrument for increasing productivity and income, skills, competency of human resources, and sustainable growth. In the end, education helps reduce social problems, and improves quality of life so that people can live equally with others in society.”
Sukavich Rangsitpol (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...] live hard not soft; eat hard not soft; seek fiber in foods and in life.”
Helen Nearing (1904–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The common people (live in) poverty so great and miserable that the life of the people can be depicted or accurately described only as the home of stark want and the dwelling place of bitter woe… their houses are built of mud with thatched roofs. Furniture there is little or none, except some earthenware pots to hold water and for cooking…”
Francisco Pelsaert (1591–1630) said by 1630 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pelsaert, quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.
“It's not about that for me. I'm not trying to go out there and convert people. I just want to be an example. I want to live my life for God, and let other people take from that whatever they want.”
Rachel Scott (1981–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine (2002), by Brooks Brown and Rob Merritt, New York: Lantern Books, p. 150
“119. Q. And what is that which is most valuable? A. To know the whole secret of man's existence and destiny, so that we may estimate at no more than their actual value this life and its relations; and so that we may live in a way to ensure the greatest happiness and the least suffering for our fellow-men and ourselves.”
Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.”
Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is always the way, the richer the imagination the poorer the life. One can imagine anything – thousands of different worlds – yet one has to live in one's own little circle.”
Sophia Tolstaya (1844–1919) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 22 May 1863
“You know you make your own decisions and you live the life you chooseI watch it from the sidelines and it sure gives me the bluesYou know you're sure to find me waiting, should you ever come around”
Steve Forbert (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.”
Viola Davis (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Grab love of life every day. Because we're all gonna die. It's difficult to live that way. Most people are afraid to. Or can't. I find it very difficult.”
Jeremy Renner (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was only one common factor in Gandhi's life and mine. We were both the cause of each other's death. He wanted to live at any cost for his principles and I was prepared to die at all costs for mine.”
Nathuram Godse (1910–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yeah, I am! It sounds so stupid – to be a nice person is the best thing in the world – but, yeah, I’m 20 and I just want to have fun. What I don’t want to do is live the rest of my life thinking, ‘I wouldn’t do that because I’m known as Prince Charming.’ The second that someone corners you into a personality, you don’t want to be that person any more.”
Shawn Mendes (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everybody deserves to live a life of dignity, with their bare-minimum needs met in... 'the richest society in history of the world.' It’s an idea whose time has come...”
Krystal Ball (born 1981) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Krystal Ball in Like It or Not, Mr. President, Many Americans Embrace Democratic Socialism, The Hill (7 February 2019)