Vitam Quotes & Sayings

Indeed, the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts. — Lloyd Alexander

The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
[Lat., Et metus ille foras praeceps Acheruntis agundus,
Funditis humanam qui vitam turbat ab imo,
Omnia suffuscans mortis nigrore, neque ullam
Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit.] — Lucretius

If people are making fun of you then you're probably doing something right. — Amy Lee

Like, honest to God, I don't expect people to be into what I'm into. — Martin Freeman

A government which should have no other means of exacting obedience than open war must be very near its ruin, for one of two alternatives would then probably occur: — Alexis De Tocqueville

The image gets built one way or another ... it doesn't get done by following the natural order of things, but arises instead from an order that you have in your mind. — Jean Helion

Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth). — Baron De Montesquieu

I'm an electronic guy, I'm a freak for electronic music but real instruments, the dynamic range of it, and the emotions, there's no comparison. — Armin Van Buuren

It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
[Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.] — Statius

When we accept ourselves for what we are, we decrease our hunger for power or the acceptance of others because our self-intimacy reinforces our inner sense of security. We are no longer preoccupied with being powerful or popular. We no longer fear criticism because we accept the reality of our human limitations. Once integrated, we are less often plagued with the desire to please others because simply being true to ourselves brings lasting peace. We are grateful for life and we deeply appreciate and love ourselves. — Brennan Manning

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. — John F. Kennedy

Vitam impendre vero. (To stake one's life for the truth.) — Madeleine L'Engle

No one has become immortal by sloth; nor has any parent prayed that his children should live forever; but rather that they should lead an honorable and upright life.
[Lat., Ignavia nemo immortalis factus: neque quisquam parens liberis, uti aeterni forent, optavit; magis, uti boni honestique vitam exigerent.] — Sallust