"Life is a happy thing, a festival to be enjoyed rather than a drudgery to be endured." ~ Luci Swindoll
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering. ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course. ~ Lee Trevino, Golfer's Book of Wisdom
There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded, and some men never leave the country...Life is unfair. ~ John F. Kennedy
I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. ~ Alanis Morissette
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Joseph Campbell
Life is like a camel: you can make it do anything except back up. ~ Marcelene Cox
The meaning of life is found in openness to being and "being present" in full awareness. ~ Thomas Merton
Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare and profitless forever. ~ Julia Ward Howe
Enjoy every sandwich. ~ Warren Zevon
To live is so startling it leaves time for little else. ~ Emily Dickinson
Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. ~ Marsha Sinetar