Nontragedy Quotes & Sayings

Life is not for learning nor is life for working, but learning and working are for life. — Herbert Spencer

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is. — Ben Stein

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. — Alison Gopnik

Well she was precious like a flower
she grew wild, wild but innocent
a perfect prayer in a desperate hour
she was everything beautiful and different
stupid boy, you can't fence that in
stupid boy, it's like holdin' back the wind — Keith Urban

We weren't living the way we wanted because we weren't making the choices it required. Like so many in our generation of thirtysomething parents, we spoke of a slower, more intentional life, but we expected it to just happen. — Tsh Oxenreider