“Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
“A day is only a day. But a life is only a life.”
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Jonathan Larson (1960–1996) American composer and playwright
Source: Rent (1996)
“Of freedom and of life he only is deserving
Who every day must conquer them anew.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust
Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben
Der täglich sie erobern muß.
Variant translations:
Freedom and life are earned by those alone
Who conquer them each day anew.
trans. Walter Kaufmann
He only earns his freedom and existence,
Who daily conquers them anew.
trans. Bayard Taylor
Act V, Court of the Palace
Faust, Part 2 (1832)
“Better to add life to your days than days to your life.”
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012) Italian neurologist
Source: https://www.frasicelebri.it/frasi-di/rita-levi-montalcini/.
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
These Are the Days
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)