“Each person must live their life as a model for others.” — Rosa Parks
“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” — Helen Keller
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” — Maya Angelou
“Life just doesn’t hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. That’s the exciting part.” — Emeril Lagasse
“I’ve been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.” — Loretta Lynn
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“You’re going to go through tough times—that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” — Joel Osteen
“If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.” — Beyoncé Knowles
“You have two choices in life; you can either like what you do or dislike what you do. I have chosen to like what I do.” — Barbara Bush
“The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.” — Billy Graham
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” — Johnny Cash
“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” — Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
“The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.” — Eudora Welty
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.” — Maya Angelou
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” — William Faulkner
“We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.” — Jimmy Carter
“Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.” — Anonymous
“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.” — Frank Sinatra
