Life Quotes Quote by Margaret George, The Memoirs of Cleopatra — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”

“One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

“All the stuff you can’t wait to get away from, until it’s not there anymore, and then you miss it like crazy.”

“Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us. ”

“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.”