One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. Oscar Wilde People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know. Ralph Waldo Emerson The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. Muhammad Ali Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. Soren Kierkegaard Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is no