#alive

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

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The box got bigger, the outside, the buildings. And all that we were doing. I had to raise about $1 million every two days just to stay alive. ↗

— Jim Bakker

#alive #bigger #box #buildings #days

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#been #believe #ever #fondly #granted

I figure if my kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#day #done #end #end of the day #figure

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#could #explain #feels #how #life

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

#greatest #greatest weakness #how #humans #love

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go. ↗

— Martha Beck

#accept #alive #being #doing #done

I work to stay alive. ↗

— Bette Davis

#i #stay #work

His imagination conceived and bore - worlds; but nothing in these worlds became alive until he discovered its true and living name. The name was the breath of life; and, sooner or later, he invariably found it. ↗

— Algernon H. Blackwood

#became #bore #breath #conceived #discovered

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard. ↗

— Paula Deen

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