#living

[Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#glory-of-god #life

I make a new discovery that totally blows; dying is the easy part. It's coming back to life that sucks. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#living #life

She was a dead girl having the worst panic attack shed ever had. Not because she was afraid of dying, but because she knew that she would never live again. ↗

— Tonya Hurley

#fear #living-life #life

Life is difficult. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#life #living #mentation #purpose #purposeful

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime ↗

— Samuel Butler

#existence #life #lifetime #living #sensible

Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

Live every day like it's your last. Treasure the moments you have, and make sure you make them count. ↗

— Nicole Reed

#life

It's a lot easier to be crazy or mad than to just get on with living. ↗

— Jaclyn Moriarty

#easy #hard #life #living #mad

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. ↗

— André Gide

#living-in-the-present #life

Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear, destroying at the same time the pleasure that they might enjoy. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#life