#alive

Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#to-put-it-another-way #life

When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. ↗

— Margery Williams

#being #child #childhood #love #meaning

And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive. ↗

— Mary Balogh

#breath #live #love

I’m the type of girl, When you fall in love, You fall forever. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#sara-quin #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #unreleased-song #love

Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#alive #anymore #back #become #breaking

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can. ↗

— Daniel Berrigan

#long #stay #struggle #use #you

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#altruism #cold #efficient #expire #gush

Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath. ↗

— Richard Branson

#bath #delighted #had #i #just

For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It's a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone - it makes you feel alive. ↗

— Jenson Button

#bit #chasing #down #enjoy #feel

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#achieve #alive #associated #being #doing