Sometimes others can simply say it better. Today, instead of blabbing, I am going to highlight some other people’s bucket list related quotes that have made an impact on me. These are not just random quotes from the web, these are quotes that have changed how I think and more importantly, how I act.
On Dreaming
If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to build theirs – Tony Gaskins
Whatever your dreams are, take them very very seriously – Barbara Sher
On A Fuller Life
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well – Diane Ackerman
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself – George Bernard Shaw
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals – Zig Ziglar
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone – Harriet Beecher Stowe
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity – Dorothy Parker
The way you are living will have been your life – Unknown
On Time
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. – Stephen Vincent Benét
Today is the youngest you will ever be – Unknown
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years – Abraham Lincoln
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it – Charles Buxton
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely – Thomas P. Murphy
On Goals
Without a goal, you can’t score – Unknown
On Travel
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving – Terry Pratchett
This list is ever-growing. Help contribute. What quotes have inspired you?
