Lifetime Quotes - page 5

Genuine religion is not about speculating about God or the soul or about what happened in the past or will happen in the future; it cares only about one thing finding out exactly what should or should not be done in this lifetime. (Leo Tolstoy)
Three months is a lifetime in politics. View quote
Barack Obama
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for. But, my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. View quote
Nelson Mandela
Work a lifetime to pay off a house - You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it. View quote
Arthur Miller
Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, you're able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power. View quote
Sergey Brin
We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation. View quote
Abraham Verghese
Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it! View quote
Michael Morpurgo
There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. View quote
Maxwell Anderson
Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we're not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail and sometimes even when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive, enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now. View quote
Martha Beck
Oh, that's just great. I come all the way back here, risking major brain cell burnout, and you don't even believe me? I'm basically guaranteeing myself a lifetime of heartbreak, and all you have to say is that you think I'm not right in the head? View quote
Meg Cabot
When he wins the bet, I tell Griggs that it will take me a lifetime to save up two trillion dollars and he tells me that he's only giving me seventy years. (Melina Marchetta)
Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime. View quote
Mineko Iwasaki
Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime. View quote
Nick Vujicic
It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing. View quote
Andy Stern
It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life. View quote
Andrew Weil
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. View quote
Richard Donner
I sometimes have the feeling you've been here a long time, more than one lifetime, and that you've dwelt in private places none of the rest of us has even dreamed about. View quote
Robert James Waller
One great love in a single lifetime was enough for anyone. View quote
Robert James Waller
We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world. View quote
Solange Knowles
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater. View quote
Stacy Schiff
It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then. (Steven Johnson)
Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. View quote
Stephen Chbosky
Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK. View quote
Tana French
I don't like to rate myself; others can do that. I've spoken with a number of young people who weren't even born in 1969, when the first moon landing was made. They've witnessed the first person to fly at faster than speed of the sound without propulsion. These kids are happy to have had such a momentous event in their lifetime. View quote
Felix Baumgartner
Our children do not need a makeover, they just need to be understood. If you understand their emotional needs now, you can save them a lifetime of searching for what they never had as a child. View quote
Florence Littauer