Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 108.
“As subjects, we all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.”
"Characters in Fiction", p. 291
Sometimes misquoted as "We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story."
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief 1946–1961 (1961)
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The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

“And the best of all ways
To lengthen our days
Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear!”
The Young May Moon, st. 1.
Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)

(Haywood variation) Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - and eight dollars a day!
Roughneck, The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, Peter Carlson, 1983, page 147.

“Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies.”
Nostrum est<br/>quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies.<br/>vive memor leti, fugit hora.
Nostrum est
quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies.
vive memor leti, fugit hora.
Satire V, line 151.
The Satires

Miscellaneous

“Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours
Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours.”
Second Week, Fourth Day, Book ii. Compare: " A life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line,—by deeds, not years", Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Pizarro, Act iv, Scene 1.
La Seconde Semaine (1584)