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They were such seriously futile people that she found herself wanting to cry out against their ready-made justifications for pointless lives. — Frank Herbert

The stories and pictures I make for the lives of the people closest to me are the forms of my empathy. — Siri Hustvedt

The first good news for all of us, the first joyful story of our lives, is that there is a story at all, and an Author who has loved us into being. — Anthony M. Esolen

as our lives become less and less genuine, we require bigger and bigger thrills to scare us, for just a moment, into feeling human again. — Johnny Truant

We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past. — Heinrich Schliemann

Those who realize that life is for growing and developing from each and every challenge, each day of our lives, live a life of joy!!! — Zelig Pliskin

Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And we must let them go on to light another sky. — Renee Ahdieh

Don't step into lives that aren't yours, make choices that aren't nourishing, or dance stiffly for years with the wrong partner, or parts of yourself. — SARK

The denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives. — Joyce Carol Oates

Some books find us at just the right time in our lives and those books change our lives forever. I hope this is that kind of book for you. — Matthew Kelly

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. — Ruth Benedict

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves. — Terence

Let's don't wait forever for our lives to start. Let's begin them ourselves. Let's be fearless for once and say, we can do this. — Cammie McGovern

It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues. — Scarlett Johansson

Mass society has displaced real community, where people function together and account for their own lives. — John Zerzan

Every child lives up to the expectation you have for him. — Kevin Leman

For Magic to happen in our lives, we need to be open minded about magical things happening — Steven Aitchison

We've got somethin' that people look for their whole lives. We just found it when we were eight. — S.D. Hendrickson

Nobody in rich countries wants to face responsibility for the lives of people in poor countries. They just want cheap groceries. — Greg Baxter

Too many people make the past their identity and spend the rest of their lives accumulating sympathy for their past pain. — Laura Schlessinger

So our lives In acts exemplary, not only win Ourselves good names, but doth to others give Matter for virtuous deeds, by which we live. — George Chapman

Their lives are what hold meaning. Dying is simple. Living for something is much harder. — Mark T. Barnes

Today a potato, a tomato, some wheat, lettuce, rice, a banana, and blueberries lost their lives for my sake. — Gregg Krech

In those few seconds Bonnie screamed, a high shrill wail that haunted the men about to kill her for the rest of their lives. — Jeff Guinn

Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection. — Seth Godin

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward. — Alan Dershowitz

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives. — Antonio Tabucchi

Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time? — Herman Melville

One bully changing their behavior for the better can have a profound effect on many, many lives. — Hunter King

None of us really understood exactly how much Star Wars would affect us for the rest of our lives. — Jake Lloyd

How ridiculous it is to waste our lives experimenting with those things for which we already have the answers! — Sterling W. Sill

There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings ... — Haile Selassie

In the God of all creation, we put our faith and trust. And give our lives to you, cause you gave your life for us. — Randy Travis

Imagine that the gods have a care for everything that lives in the community of life on earth. — Daniel Quinn

It is said that there are three stages of life for those of us who live our lives in circles. These are rejection, exploration, and acceptance. — Claire North

The ring always believes that the finger lives for it. — Malcolm De Chazal

The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions. — Ann McLane Kuster

He lived decades ago,
she lives at the moment.
A very saddening reality for her. — S G

How does it happen? At what point is she born, the baffled, wounded adult of tomorrow? Is eleven what we react to for the rest of our lives? — Kyo Maclear

God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others. — Paul David Tripp

In order for people to live their own lives and fulfill their destiny, they must differentiate themselves from destructive environmental influences. — Lisa Firestone

I got something that people spend their lives looking for. I couldn't have asked for more. — Abbi Glines

The car has made our lives more difficult. If not for it, we would have everything we needed within walking distance. — Siddharth Katragadda

If we want great things to happen then we must create space in our lives for what we desire. — Hina Hashmi

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. — William Penn

For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves? — Faye Moskowitz

The rich are only defeated when running for their lives. — C.L.R. James

It's hard to admit, but if we're brutally honest with ourselves, we see that God is more responsible for the accomplishments of our lives than we are. — Tim Hiller

How hollow must your life be for you to waste it hating and oppressing others, whose lives are of no consequence to your own? — Ingrid Weir

Failure is just a way for our lives to show us we're moving in the wrong direction, that we should try something different — Oprah Winfrey

Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself. — John Flanagan

For Death is the meaning of night;
The eternal shadow
Into which all lives must fall,
All hopes expire. — Michael Cox

The fundamental idea ... is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Aside from the inescapable realities of birth and death, we're responsible for the paths our lives take. We each make our own choices. — Alissa Johnson

I tell you, sir, it's very easy for Pyotr Stepanovich to live in the world, because he imagines a man and then lives with him the way he imagined him. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. - Maya Angelou. — Jasinda Wilder

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives. — Denis Waitley

Just remember, Every day of your lives, you must always be sure what you're fighting for. — Gail Tsukiyama

How many lives do you need to live before you fine someone worth dying for? — Lauren Kate

Children who remember their past lives offer the most compelling evidence yet for reincarnation. — Carol Bowman

It was once a house of God, but not after that terrible night. It changed; they let that woman in and it changed their lives for ever. — Helen Phifer

Even here - running for our lives, sleeping exposed, facing death - even here, in her arms, I was able to find some measure of peace. — Ransom Riggs

What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever. — Ken Robinson

May misfortune follow us for the rest of our lives, but never catch up-Nicolas Fox, The Heist — Janet Evanovich

When we finally become present in our lives its as if we are seeing things for the first time. — Renae A. Sauter

I like how writing can take you off for a jaunt in your head and then set you back down in the chair where you've been all along. — Georgann Low

When you feel yourself lacking something, send your thoughts towards your Intimate and search for the Divinity that lives within you. — Aristotle.

We all have struggle in our lives. We're all searching for personal freedom, whether we're in a bad place or trying to be true to ourselves. — Barbara Becker Holstein

We are called to witness, always with our lives and sometimes with our words, to the great things God has done for us. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

We do not need to operate according to the idea of a predetermined program for our lives. — John O'Donohue

Deep down the fear of a man who lives in a world not made for him, whose own world is slipping away, dying, being destroyed, beyond any recall. — Alan Paton

We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice. — Sarah Cross

We go to school to learn what books to read for the rest of our lives. — Robert Frost

The cross has two sides to it. One side is what Jesus did for us. He forgave us our sins. The other is the God side. God now lives in man! — John Paul Warren

Our lives are spent sailing in the mist, hoping for a burst of sunlight that can make sense of who we are. — David Gemmell

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives. — Bryan Chapell

That is what happens when a person lives alone for so long - no one else can change their ways. — Catherynne M Valente

We're doomed to be do-gooders for the rest of our lives and doomed to fail. But, happily, truth is a relative business. — Jo Nesbo

For each of us, time is a thief of flory. What give meaning to our lives and deaths is love and hope, if we are willing to share and accept — Sigmund Brouwer

We are all punished for the lives we have chosen, in one way or another. — Lauren Oliver

A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Knowing the purpose for our lives and the time of its fulfilment gives us the opportunity to perform the will of God exactly as he wants. — Sunday Adelaja

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool. — Anders Petersen

But as with so many things in our lives, the reason for doing something is not the important thing. It is the fact of doing that remains. — Dan Simmons

If we inspire others, they would accept our influence and they would remember it for their whole lives. — Saaif Alam

In our own lives, we will try something new and, finding that it isn't easy for us, we conclude we don't have a talent for it. — Geoff Colvin

Every life is meant to help all lives; each man should live for all men's betterment. — Alice Cary

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine. — Hillary Clinton

So, your saying choices and destiny shape the course of our lives? I think so, yes. It's just easier to blame fate for all of the mistakes. — Gena Showalter

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line. — Langston Hughes

Torture a single chicken and you risk arrest. Abuse hundreds of thousands of chickens for their entire lives? That's agribusiness. — Anonymous

We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion. — Charlize Theron

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. — Subhas Chandra Bose

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow. — Solomon Ortiz

Forget purpose. It's okay to be happy without one. The quest for a single purpose has ruined many lives. — James Altucher

Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself. — Helen Fisher

If only she and I could shut up for ten minutes, the sex would be the best of our lives. Angry. Hard. Fast. Not love. Not even close. War. — R.S. Grey

A soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor. — James A. Michener