“Don't live your life as though you were measuring it with a ruler.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
The Way of God's Will Chapter 2-2 Character http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw2-02.htm Translated 1980.
Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
Variant: When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
Source: The Time Keeper
“Don't live your life as though you were measuring it with a ruler.”
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
The Way of God's Will Chapter 2-2 Character http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw2-02.htm Translated 1980.
Sara Zarr (1970) American children's writer
Source: How to Save a Life
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.”
Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker
“A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven.”
Chaim Potok book My Name Is Asher Lev
Source: My Name Is Asher Lev
“The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
1940s, Third Inaugural Address (1941)
Context: Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.
“Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.”
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
“When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.”
Neal Shusterman (1962) American novelist
Source: UnWholly