Someone died today

     Someone we knew died today. I didn't know him well but I knew him enough to know he was a good man who was taken too soon. I didn't know him well enough to have memories that will remain with me but I will remember the way it happened and I will strive to apply it's lessons to my life. In his memory here are some quotes about life:


For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life.  But there was always some obstacle in the way.  Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.  Then life would begin.  At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.  ~Fr. Alfred D'Souza

Enjoy yourself.  It's later than you think.  ~Chinese Proverb

To change one's life:  Start immediately.  Do it flamboyantly.  No exceptions.  ~William James

Why must conversions always come so late?  Why do people always apologize to corpses?  ~David Brin

You will never find time for anything.  If you want time you must make it.  ~Charles Buxton

Death twitches my ear.  "Live," he says, "I am coming."  ~Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Minor Poems, Copa

Most of us spend our lives as if we had another one in the bank.  ~Ben Irwin

If you woke up breathing, congratulations!  You have another chance.  ~Andrea Boydston

Expect an early death - it will keep you busier.  ~Martin H. Fischer

Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying.  ~Christian Furchtegott Gellert

No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full.  ~Spanish Proverb

You don't get to choose how you're going to die.  Or when.  You can only decide how you're going to live.  Now.  ~Joan Baez

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.  ~Japanese Proverb
Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.  Being alive is the special occasion.  ~Author Unknown 

"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one." -Wayne Dyer

This list of quotes came almost exclusively from QuoteGarden.