Richard Paul Evans: Quotes about life

“The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own—not with ink, but with our daily choices.”

“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”

“Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life.”

“I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and
difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.”

“Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.”

“We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside”

“Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.”

“Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.”

“I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.”

“It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins.”

“So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.”

“… for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.”

“That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.”

“From our first babblings to our last word,
we make but one statement, and that is our life.”

“The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.”