Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, read more

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

Life is hard. After all it kills you.

Life is hard. After all it kills you.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.