Life Quotations [page 4]
This great game of basketball can, of course, be a fun and enjoyable experience. But this game also demands discipline, hard work, and mental toughness. Lessons learned on the basketball court can almost always be applied off the court. If you learn from it, something great can be taken from every experience.
"To want to be what one can be is purpose in life."
-- Cynthia Ozick"Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for."
-- David Starr Jordan"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is."
-- Erich Fromm"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious."
-- Brendan Gill"What is important in life is life, and not the result of life."
-- Johann Wolfgang vonGoethe"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."
-- Victoria Holt"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."
-- Adele Brookman"Inch by inch, life's a cinch.
Yard by yard, it's really hard."
-- Morgan Wootten"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'thank you', that would suffice."
-- Meister Eckhart“Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely”
-- Kay Lyons"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Upon your choice so will be the day."
-- Henry Ward Beecher"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
-- Malcolm X"The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort -- he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature."
-- Arnold Bennett"There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything.
Both ways save us from thinking."
-- Alfred Korzybski"Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball."
-- Phil Jackson"Let this suffice, by this conceive the rest.
He should, he could, he would, he did the best."
-- Robert Southwell"We don't know who we are until we see what we can do."
-- Martha Grimes"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."
-- William BlakeThe most important things in life aren't things.
"The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it and the faith to believe it's possible."
-- Rich DeVos"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
-- W. Somerset Maughn"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
-- Helen Keller"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."
-- Albert EinsteinCheck out the other quotation categories:
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