Phases Of Life Quotes:

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Military, Phases, Phases Of Life

Christianity is either relevant all the time or useless anytime. It is not just a phase of life; it is life itself.

- Richard Halverson

topic: Phases Of Life, Useless, Christianity

They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.

- Alanis Morissette

topic: Challenges, Different, Phases, Different Kinds, Phases Of Life

Even though I have so many things to figure out, I'm very much at peace. I don't feel like I'm closing the chapter on this phase of life - I feel like I'm closing the book and starting a new one.

- Jessica Simpson

source: Source: www.glamour.com

topic: Book, Phases, Starting, Phases Of Life

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

- John W. Gardner

topic: Men, Ideas, Goal, Striving For Excellence, Phases Of Life

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

- Albert Camus

topic: Life, Happiness, Happy, Joy Happiness, Spiritual Happiness

If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that helps us to make a painful rite of passage from one phase of life, one state of mind, to another. A novel, like a myth, teaches us to see the world differently; it shows us how to look into our own hearts and to see our world from a perspective that goes beyond our own self-interest.

- Karen Armstrong

topic: Art, Self, Our World, Initiation, Phases Of Life

I hope that when the time comes, I am treated with compassion and allowed to pass on to the next phase of life's journey in the manner of my choice.

- Desmond Tutu

source: "Desmond Tutu Joins Advocates To Call For Right To Assisted Death". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, ksmu.org. January 4, 2017.

topic: Compassion, Journey, Choices, Phases Of Life

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

- Ralph Boston

topic: Being Strong, Phases, Lines, Phases Of Life, Finish Line

I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.

- Philip Johnson

source: "Philip Johnson: What I've Learned". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.

topic: Real, Believe, Thinking, Phases Of Life

I have seen many phases of life; I have moved in imperial circles, I have been a Minister of State; but if I had to live my life again, I would always remain in my laboratory, for the greatest joy of my life has been to accomplish original scientific work, and, next to that, to lecture to a set of intelligent students.

- Jean-Baptiste Dumas

source: "Tallulah: My Autobiography". Book by Tallulah Bankhead, 1952.

topic: Intelligent, Circles, Joy, Phases Of Life

Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life.

- Joseph Murphy

source: Dr. Joseph Murphy (2009). “The Birth of God in You”, p.72, Xlibris Corporation

topic: Phases Of Life

When we discover this and give our lives to it, we are leaders. This is the Path of Leadership. Whatever our age or phase of life, we must enter and stay on the Path of Leadership. The future of the world depends upon it-upon you.

- Oliver DeMille

topic: Giving, Leader, Age, Phases Of Life

Learn, earn, return - these are the 3 phases of life. Jack Balousek There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone to succeed.

- Alan Loy McGinnis

topic: Wisdom, Noble, World, Phases Of Life

Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.

- E. M. Forster

topic: Mistake, Humility, Hypocrisy, Phases Of Life, Defensiveness

It is interesting to note that in every phase of life feminine masochism finds some form of expression.

- Helene Deutsch

topic: Expression, Interesting, Phases, Masochism, Phases Of Life

I can't wait to be a mom and a wife, and explore that phase of life. And also see how it affects and influences my song writing and creativity.

- Tristan Prettyman

source: Source: www.roomthirteen.com

topic: Mom, Song, Writing, Phases Of Life

until you learn that an artist cannot afford to scorn any phase of life that is human, you will never do great work.

- Marjorie Benton Cooke

topic: Creativity, Artist, Phases, Phases Of Life

For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

source: Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3065, Delphi Classics

topic: Life, Home, Phases, Moral Duty, Phases Of Life

The practice of leaving settled society to undertake a spiritual journey, or a spiritual life really, is something that is much more common in India. Common especially to a certain phase of life, to the end of life. But not so unusual for younger people as well.

- Diana L. Eck

source: Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

topic: Spiritual, Journey, Practice, Phases Of Life

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

- Albert Camus

topic: Inspirational Life, Meaning Of Life, Joy Happiness, Spiritual Happiness, Just Be Happy

We should leave people alone about their weight. Being skinny for a while (provided you actually eat food and don't take pills or smoke to get there) is a perfectly fine pastime. Everyone should try it once, like a super-short haircut or dating a white guy.

- Tina Fey

topic: White, Dating, People, Phases Of Life, White Guys

I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.

- Lucy Stone

topic: Summer, Trying, Phases, Phases Of Life

The 7 Practices of Exceptional Student Athletes is an excellent book for student athletes to understand what it takes to be successful. It covers all phases of life, and it is filled with wonderful wisdom. Illustrated by brilliant examples of very successful people, The 7 Practices of Exceptional Student Athletes forces student athletes to use their common sense as they work to achieve their goals. Raven Magwood is a very talented person and an extremely gifted writer.

- Danny Ford

topic: Book, Athlete, Successful, Student Athlete, Phases Of Life

What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character, about which so much has been said, are instinctive calculations for the furtherance of our own pleasures. Seeing himself now in his fine clothes, his new gloves and shoes, Eugène de Rastignac forgot his noble resolve. Youth, when it swerves toward wrong, dares not look in the mirror of conscience; maturity has already seen itself there. That is the whole difference between the two phases of life.

- Honore de Balzac

topic: Heart, Character, Maturity, Sudden Change, Phases Of Life

Retirement can and will be a glorious time in your life. You'll love the freedom and ability to try new things. It's a new phase of life; a chance to be a beginner again.

- Richard Carlson

topic: Retirement, Trying, Beginners, Phases Of Life

I didn't start smoking weed till my junior year. I had a boyfriend who smoked a lot, and I was like, "Oh, I guess I'm moving on to this phase of life." I didn't fight it at all.

- Ilana Glazer

topic: Weed, Moving, Fighting, Phases Of Life, Smoking Weed

I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I thought that would be interesting. It had never been my plan to work until I literally didn't want to do anything and then hang it up.

- Steve Ballmer

source: "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

topic: Interesting, Would Be, Microsoft, Phases Of Life