There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.- Mark Twain

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation -- veneer isn't worth anything.- George Washington Carver

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.- Henri-Frederic Amiel

To be awake is to be alive.- Henry David Thoreau

I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirm the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it. - Oliver Wendell H

Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no one can live.- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Live every act fully, as if it were your last.- Buddha

I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirm the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.- Oliver Wendell Ho

One must work and dare if one really wants to live. - Vincent van Gogh

A life lived in love will never be dull.- Leo Buscaglia