Proverbs on Life

Proverbs on Life

　　The less routine the more life.

　　——Amos Bronson Alcott

　　Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s hand.

　　——Hans Christian Anderson

　　Life loves to be taken by the lapel4 and told: “I’m with you, kid. Let’s go.”

　　——Maya Angelou

　　Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey laws; trust in Providence.

　　——St. Augustine

　　Life is a long lesson in humility.

　　——Sir James M. Barrie

　　You have to do what you love to do, not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it.

　　——Lucinda Basset

　　Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there,unintelligibly.

　　——Jean Baudrillard

　　In the game of life it’s a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

　　——Bill Baughan

　　Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

　　——Guy Bellamy

　　Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt5 our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It’s in our hands.

　　——Cathy Better

　　Life. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

　　——Ambrose Bierce

　　Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

　　——Josh Billings

　　It is not how many years we live, but rather what we do with them.

　　——Evangeline Cory Booth