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“We have a growing trend in Uganda where people live a life of wastefulness because they have all the money they need but cannot afford to share out with the less privileged in society. Orthodox head warns against lavish lifestyle. Daily Monitor (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)”
Jonah Lwanga (1945–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God is the one who knows when I will go but not myself to kill another man. We have to respect and love each other to assist and help each other to balance our life in order to live in the likeness and image of God. NRM will collapse for disturbing country — Orthodox archbishop. Daily Monitor (Thursday, April 25, 2019)”
Jonah Lwanga (1945–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I live everyday of my life with a consciousness of the verdict of history.”
Inibehe Effiong (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not the kind of person who’s scared to be around difference, or scared to speak out, because I’ve already been able to experience and live a life where I was able to do both”
Crystal Asige (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: always possible conversationsivoox(June,2023)
“I've been surfing ever since I was a kid and when you get to a certain age your dad just throws you in the ocean. Modelling was a great opportunity to get out of Durban to go and live in Cape Town for a year and the money was good. When I'd established myself in Cape Town music entered my life and I feel that I have been blessed.”
Farryl Purkiss (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today the people of Burma live the opportunity to make a change to the real life of the country. We hope there is good will on behalf of all social components, government and society.”
Raymond Saw Po Ray (1948–2025) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bishops: elections and pluralism, "beginning of a new era of peace" (2 April 2012) Fides News Agency
“Battle is the ultimate to which the whole life's labor of an officer should be directed. He may live to the age of retirement without seeing a battle; still he must always be getting ready for it exactly as if he knew the hour of the day it is to break upon him. And then, whether it come late or early, he must be willing to fight — he must fight.”
Charles Ferguson Smith (1807–1862) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Lew Wallace in Paducah, KY (September, 1861); reported in Lew Wallace: An Autobiography (New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1906), ch. 40, p. 344
“I'm using art as an excuse to live a very interesting life - it allows you to be whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do, go where ever you want to go. It's like a free ticket. Take the gym thing - just to exercise all the time would have been so boring, but when it was done as an art project, it was quite different.”
Peet Pienaar (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, it’s a responsibility but not a burden. It brings us to an understanding of how do you live a life of meaning and purpose? How do you bear witness to the truth as you see it.”
Imani Perry (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From where do you draw your inspiration as a visual artist? Life. I live and work in the urban settings. Everything you see in the urban sprawl speaks to me.”
“Everyone from the past, present and future could live together here. Life nor death could separate them. Nor could the borders between the heavens and the earth”
“My beef with having kids is that I think having kids is an inherently very selfish thing. Selfish on the part of the parents because you're bringing in a whole human and forcing them to live and participate in life and society. And for what? Bragging rights? Because you feel it's time.”
Vincent Desmond (born 1999) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that music is my purpose and I live by the statement that everything happens for a reason, and that for me represents a purpose. That my purpose in life is to make music. That is why I decided on Reason.”
Reason (South African rapper) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason for this might be because I was raised to never give up my Afghan heritage, no matter where I live or where I am in life. Growing up, in my home personally, we shaped and shifted American culture to compliment our Afghan culture, not the other way around”
Madina Amin (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the book that will show you how you should live your life,”
Peter Shalulile (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The truth is, we live in a society where the color of your skin still says a lot about your prognosis for success in life. This is still the reality right now, and ignoring race will not change that. We have a real problem of racial inequity and injustice in our society, and we cannot wish it away.”
Ijeoma Oluo (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I had to live my life by other people’s opinions, I’d probably not be the world record-holder right now. A few years ago, people told me the record would never be broken, so… I listen to what people have to say – I take the good advice if I get good advice, but other than that, it’s me that needs to do the job.”
Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel free to live the life I have always wanted to without fear of rejection or condemnation from those close to me. I no longer get questioned about why I prefer men or am not married yet”
Chesterfield Samba (born 1975) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zimbabwe Activist Vows to Fight for Gay Rights Despite Mugabe Broadside 30 September 2015
“I accepted those victories as I accepted this tragedy. I have to accept both circumstances as facts of life and live happily.”
Abebe Bikila (1932–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our dioceses share in the universal mission of the Church starting from our littleness and poverty, collaborating with other Sister Churches not only because today the world has become a global village, but because our life is by nature missionary and we must realise as Christians that many men and women do not live the joy of the resurrection.”
Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (1938–2025) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The American Mission Congress Cam 2 is a Call to Our Diocesan Churches, to Our Young Clergy in Particular, to Realise That Missionary Work is a Task for All Not Only for Religious” Says Bishop of Barahora (27 November 2…
“It is the heart and the soul of an individual that I feel completely drawn to in a way that I have never felt about anyone. I didn’t live a sexually repressed life”
Niecy Nash-Betts (born 1970) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Niecy Nash-Betts Says She Feels 'Completely' Loved By Jessica Betts", March 13, 2024
“I don’t want to live my life and do all these songs for someone else to tell me that they own it.”
LaTocha Scott (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I could have been a Beth – I know lots of Beths. I could’ve quite easily been a Beth if my first love hadn’t messed around on me, because when I was 16 I would have been happy to live in Moerewa for the rest of my life and have lots of babies.”
“But, I do now have a responsibility to my family to be the best I can be for them so that they can live the life they deserve.”
Calvin Savage (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted to live a normal life again that’s why I left showbiz,”
Sarsi Emmanuelle first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Whatever happened to Sarsi Emmanuelle?, - Leah Salterio - 6 August 2003.
“My only wish is that we live a long and happy life together. Most of my hopes and dreams now are for my children.”
Sarsi Emmanuelle first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sarsi Emmanuelle: From bombshell to bride By: Bayani San Diego Jr.Philippine Daily Inquirer 17 March 2018.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.”
Albert Einstein (disputed) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Journal of France and Germany (1942–1944) by Gilbert Fowler White, in excerpt published in Living with Nature's Extremes: The Life of Gilbert Fowler White (2006) by Robert E. Hinshaw, p. 62. From the contex…
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
Albert Einstein (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Plants are Children of the Earth; we are Children of the Æther. Our Lungs are properly our Root; we live, when we breathe; we begin our life with breathing.”
Novalis (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pants thy spirit to be gifted With a deathless life, Let it seek to be uplifted O’er earth’s storm and strife. Spurn its joys,—its ties dissever, Hopes and fears divest; Thus, aspire to live for ever, Be for ever blest.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.”
Harry Harrison (writer) (misattributed) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is the radio personality Harry Harrison (born 20 September 1930), quoted in Think Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 1955), and The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) edited by John Cook, Steve Deger, and Leslie Ann Gibson
“Thought means life, since those who do not think do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.”
Amos Bronson Alcott (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not because I want to escape from the world and pursue nothingness. But to know everyday life is within Dharma, and to live in the present is to practice.”
Richard Gombrich (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thirsty, weary, dissatisfied in this sultry life, come as you are; come at once; come because you are invited; as you would not do affront to infinite Generosity, come, and drink, and live forever.”
William Adams (minister) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you will learn the seriousness of life, and its beauty also, live for your husband; make him happy.”
Fredrika Bremer (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s a Texan’s attitude toward risk, reward and failure I’m talking about. It’s how they handle life. They live it big.”
Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“_Gon._ Here is everything advantageous to life. _Ant._ True; save means to live.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Well, honour is the subject of my story. I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die; Which in life did harbour give To more virtue than doth live.”
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) said by 1637 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well: how long or short permit to heaven.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man,--yesterday in embryo, to-morrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hair's-breadth of time assigned to thee live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180) said by 180 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I imagine each individual has to answer that question for him- or herself. I don't think I can pontificate about this. Humans are animals, and animals under stress tend to behave in ways that damage themselves and one another. Trying to live a life that doesn't depend for its happiness on the suffering of other people — that's a challenge we all fail to meet on a daily basis, isn't it?”
Michelle McGrane wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The safest, and unto God the most acceptable way of framing our lives is with all Humility, Lowliness, and Singleness of Heart, to study which way our willing Obedience, both unto God and Man, may be yielded, even to the utmost of that which is due.”
Richard Hooker (1554–1600) said by 1600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy which vice can never resist; that it was always in our power to obstruct, by his own death, the designs of an enemy who aimed at less than our lives.”
Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) said by 1810 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that’s never read,— To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead. This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school.”
Thomas Dekker (writer) first seen 1599 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Old Fortunatus (1599).
Also quoted by: Ben Jonson
“God has given us the necessary faculties to become like him. Love, beauty and all divine qualities exist within us. We should make use of our faculties to express these divine qualities in our lives.”
Mata Amritanandamayi (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poetry in America is no longer a dirty word. While it is still far from the center of the culture, it is moving slowly inward from the margins. I believe more and more people are shedding their outmoded notions of poetry as an exotic hobby--the result of bad teaching and worse public image problems--and coming to the realization that poetry is about their lives. Poetry is about them.”
Billy Collins (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My Lord Tomnoddy is thirty-four; The Earl can last but a few years more. My Lord in the Peers will take his place: Her Majesty’s councils his words will grace. Office he’ll hold and patronage sway; Fortunes and lives he will vote away; And what are his qualifications?—ONE! He’s the Earl of Fitzdotterel’s eldest son.”
Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860) said by 1860 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source