#bit

All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits. ↗

— William James

#life

Always strive to get to the top in life because its usually crowded at the bottom. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#determination #strive #life

If life is a bitch,better make evryday your wife ↗

— Timdawg

#life

Of course married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worse habits. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#marriage #regrets #life

Being put in our place by something larger, older, greater than ourselves is not a humiliation; it should be accepted as a relief from our insanely hopeful ambitions for our lives. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#hopes #humiliation #life #nature #perspective

I think she cared more for that bloody dog than for me, for us. And maybe that's not so stupid, looking back... maybe it is easier living on your own looking after some stupid mutt than sharing your life with other actual human beings. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#dogs #relationships #life

Money as the sole ambition has no value. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#money #purpose-of-life #value #wealth #life

I think it's because it shows that people--or hobbits, as the case may be--can find strength they didn't know they had. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#strength #life

I read a lot of history, biographies, science, and novels,' he says, ushering a reporter out the door with a hint of relief. 'I do not read management or economics.' (from an interview in the Christian Science Monitor, July 26, 1993) ↗

— Peter F. Drucker

#reading-habits #life

Sento ancora la follia scorrermi dentro, ma ancora non ho scritto le parole che avrei voluto, la tigre mi è rimasta sulla schiena. Morirò con addosso quella figlia di puttana, ma almeno le ho dato battaglia. E se fra voi c'è qualcuno che si sente abbastanza matto da voler diventare scrittore, gli consiglio va' avanti, sputa in un occhio al sole, schiaccia quei tasti, è la migliore pazzia che possa esserci, i secoli chiedono aiuto, la specie aspira spasmodicamente alla luce, e all'azzardo e alle risate. Regalateglieli. Ci sono abbastanza parole per noi tutti. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#deth #everybody #foolishness #life #light