Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

~Hans Christian Anderson When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb A life without cause is a life without effect. ~Barbarella Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. ~Robert Frost, "Cluster of Faith," 1962 Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night. ~Marion Howard Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~Danny Kaye The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ~Henry David Thoreau In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love. ~Diego Marchi Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove. ~Ashleigh Brilliant The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy. ~Angelina Jolie To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. ~Reba McEntire The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss. ~Thomas Carlyle The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. ~Heywood Broun When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wisest man. "O, great sage," he says, "tell me the meaning of life." The sage sits Noah at his feet and, with great solemnity, commences to unfold the meaning of life. When finished, he places a hand on the young man's shoulder and says, "Do you have any other questions, my son?" Noah flips a page in his notebook and says, "You wouldn't know the meaning of lift, would you?" ~Robert Brault God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how. ~Henry Ward Beecher