'You see, Momo,' he told her one day, 'it's like this: Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept.'
He gazed silently into space before continuing. 'And then you start to hurry,' he went on. 'You work faster and faster, and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and have to stop - and still the street stretches away in front of you. That's not the way to do it.'
He pondered a while. Then he said, 'You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.'
Again he paused for thought before adding, 'That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.'
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
WorkLewis Carroll in Alice in WonderlandSometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.
Pain, Hurting, Falling downPain / Nagato in NarutoMany that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
DeathGandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingWell you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!
Risk, SafetyFinding Nemo, by DoryLife isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Optimism, Dancing, Rain, Positive QuotesUnknownIf no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?
Friendship, Solitude & Being AloneCassandra Clare in The Infernal DevicesOur lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss
Chances & OpportunitiesThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by Benjamin ButtonYou have to die a few times before you can really live.
Risk, BeginningCharles Bukowski in The People Look Like Flowers at LastIt's just that... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
Failures & Mistakes, Beginning, ScarsSarah Dessen in The Truth About ForeverI love life. Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like... it makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness.
Breakup, Grief & CondolenceButters Stotch in South Park, Season 7 Episode 14Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump, by Forrest GumpWe all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
Great WorksUnknownIf watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.
Taking actionThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by LaverneWhen you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one wo is smiling and everyone else is crying.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI don't want to survive, I want to live!
WALL·E, by CaptainLive for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.
The happiest people don't worry too much about whether life is fair ot not, they just get on with it.
HappinessAndrew MatthewsWhy am I fighting to live, if I'm just living to fight
Why am I trying to see, when there ain't nothing in sight
Why I am I trying to give, when no one gives me a try
Why am I dying to live, if I'm just living to die
Better to consider opportunities now than in ten years, when life may limit your choices.
High SchoolHigh School Musical - 3: Senior Year, by Ms. DarbusSometimes to lose balance for love is part of living a balanced life.
Love, BreakupEat Pray Love, by KetutThere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.
MiraclesAlbert EinsteinThere is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus of our growth.
Problems & CrisisFred Rogerslife is but a draft, an endless rehearsal of a show that will never play.
Amélie, by HipólitoTime goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.
Time, BoredomCarlos Ruiz Zafón in The Shadow of the WindThat's life. If nothing else, It's life. It's real, and sometimes it fuckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have.
Ending, DeathGarden State, by SamIn three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert FrostThe three C's of Life: Choices, Chances, Changes.
You must make a Choice to take a Chance or your Life will never Change.
God doesn't give you the people you want, he gives you the people you need. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you the person you were meant to be.
God, FriendshipUnknownLife is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between.
PhotographyKarl HeinerLife is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon - Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), Album: Double FantasyCause life is a lesson, you learn it when you're through
Limp Bizkit - Take a Look around, Album: Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored WaterI rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.
Time, MomentsJean-Luc Picard in Star TrekIf there's just one piece of advice i can give you, it's this - when there's something you really want, fight for it, don't give up no matter how hopeless it seems. And when you've lost hope, ask yourself if 10 years from now, you're gonna wish you gave it just one more shot. because the best things in life, they don't come free.
AmbitionMeredith Grey in Grey's AnatomyLife is far too important to be taken seriously.
Oscar WildeTo live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900, irish author)Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
Jeannette Walls in The Glass CastleThe more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Birthday, Age, SandJean Paul GettyWish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize