Monday, September 24, 2012

Great Quotes About Life

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard

“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.” Margaret Mitchell

“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.” Emily Dickinson

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” Mark Twain

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
― Mother Teresa

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile." Unknown

“Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?” Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.” Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.” Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

Good Quotes About Life

“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

“When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch.” Anonymous

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” Virginia Woolf

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
 Jimi Hendrix

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." Abraham Lincoln

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Helen Keller

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." Henry David Thoreau

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in." – Morrie Schwartz.

"We must let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell.

Deep Quotes About Life

People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. The confusion comes when people are used and things are loved.
Anonymous

You don’t need to attend every argument you are invited to.
Anonymous

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”


Inspirational Quotes About Life

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhied.

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”  George Bernard Shaw

“Life is to be enjoyed, not endured” Gordon B. Hinckley

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.” Audrey Hepburn

"A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up."  Albert Schweitzer

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein

"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."  Danny Kaye

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."  Abraham Lincoln

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein

"Breathe. It’s just a bad day. Not a bad life." Anonymous

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon

Best Quotes About Life

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back - Arthur Rubinstein

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself – George Bernard Shaw

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life isn’t a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘Woohoo WHAT A RIDE’! -Anonymous

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein.

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. - JimmyJohn N. Mitchell

Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself. - Author Unknown

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 not guaranteed. - Wayne Dyer

It's never too late, in fiction or in life, to revise. - Nancy Thayer

Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life. - Sophia Loren

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Alexander Pope (Quote Author)


Alexander pope had many enjoyable quotes about life as well as literature in general about life. The English poet Alexander Pope is regarded as one of the finest poets and satirists of the mid-seventeenth to mid-eighteenth century English literature period He has a very key influence on English today. Alexander Pope was born on May 21, 1688, in London, England, to Alexander and Edith Pope. His Roman Catholic father was a linen merchant. His family moved out of London and settled in Benfield in Windsor Forest around 1700. He educated himself through extensive studying and reading, especially poetry. Education came through self study and through readying much poetry and other literature. For those interrested in reading his works they are available below from a third party source for download. Here is the list of what is available as well as the link.

Some very common woks by pope are as follows:
The Rape of the Lock - 162 KB 1714: mock-heroic satire)
Essay on Man - 200 KB (1732-4: poetical defense of deism)
Essay on Criticism - 175 KB (1711: outlines contemporary critical tastes and standards)
6 x 9 format of The Rape of the Lock, Essay on Man, and An Essay on Criticism - 206 KB
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One - 846 KB
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume Two - 1.01 MB
The Odyssey of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope - 731 KB
The Iliad of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope - 1.37 MB
The above list of downloadable options are available at: http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/pope.htm

Pope spoke about life in the only way he know how: generating literature with satire and mockery in general. Despite his writings or his peculiar reputation, Pope was generous and kind to others around him. Pope often mocked others in his books which may have come from the fact that he was ridiculed by others regarding his looks. People had to wear a strong brace made of canvas throughout his life due to his arched back. He was very ill as a child and that lead to some unusual development on his body...perhaps even disfigurement. He was especially underserved in the height department. He had headaches all of the time and seemed to have no way to be rid of them. In life Alexander Pope seemed to have the temperament and assuming nature of an adult. Because of this he got people's attention. It was one of those whose attention he gather that decided to give pope his first hope (no pun intended) and the rest is history as we say.

We'll now go through each of his works in more detail along with a general timeline of his doings. Here are some more quote worth items for
1711- Essay on Criticism: He was hoping to make on the literary world
1712- The Rape in the Lock: This is what made him famous. A funny little take on life where many quotes about life actually come from.
1712- Messiah: an imitation of Virgil. Pope also had several quotes about Geoffrey Chaucer.
1716- I am quoting other sources here but at this point Pope settled back at Chiswick as a result of an alteration to the land tax law for Roman Catholics.
1720- Translation of Homer- this is marked as one of his most astounding achievements. If you're an English speaker and have read through this text then you have Pope to either thank or hate for making that available to you in its present form.
1720- Pope finally reaches financial success which allowed him to be as free as he wanted with his quotes about life or with his other literary decisions.
1726 and 1727 Johathan Swift and Pole wrote three volumes of poetry. In fact Popes renewed involvement with Jonathan Swift gave him extra motivation for Pople's Poem known as "Dullness.

With Popes quotes about life, we can see how he viewed life in general. But besides his own works he also did much in the way Pop. When translating the odyssey, Pope worked with two other translators. William Broome and Elija Fenton together translated half of the work but since pope was now famous it was his name that sold the book. This of course resulted in Pope receiving the majority of the profits.

When it came time to translate Homer Pope only did so for the money. He didn't complete his translation of Homer's Iliad until 1720 and so we can see how much time actually went into such a large volume. Pope realized that writing wasn't just about life and getting people to see things your way. It sometimes boiled down to simply doing what was needed in order to get food on the table. Before that he was earning from his Father's Annuities but that was not longer providing as much as it used to. It is funny that the one item that he may have been least excited about is the one that may have wound up giving him the most glory of all.

Obviously Pope was not very well liked. He was attacked privately and in public. multiple pamphlets were written degrading his character. They called him on his religion. They called him on his politics. They called him on his very person. This may have been hard on him and could very easily have served to destroy him. However by 1719 Pope had enough clout that we was free to live nearly anywere please. Since his father was already dead at this point he ultimately decided tin to move back to his home place of

Pope also engaged in poetic imitations and translations. His Messiah (1712) was an imitation of Virgil (70–19 B. C. E. ). He also did a version of Geoffrey Chaucer's (1342–1400) poetry in the English of Pope's day. But it was Pope's versions of Homer (c. 700 B. C. E. ) that were his greatest achievement as a translator.

Pope undertook the translation of Homer's Iliad because he needed money. The interest earned from his father's annuities (money from investments) had dropped sharply. The translation occupied him until 1720. It was a great financial success, making Pope independent of the customary forms of literary patronage (support from wealthy people), and it was highly praised by critics.

From the time parts of Iliad began to appear, Pope became the victim of numerous pamphlet attacks on his person, politics, and religion. In 1716 an increased land tax on Roman Catholics forced the Popes to sell their place at Binfield and to settle at Chiswick. The next year Pope's father died, and in 1719 the poet's increased wealth enabled him to move with his mother to Twickenham.

Of all the people to quote, Alexander Pope stands out as one of my favorites. Whether there are quotes about life, quotes about love, or even simply excepts from literary translatios that he's done, his brilliance is felt through his words.

Wise Quotes About Life

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. Sze Tze

If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. Toni Morrison

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.  Author Unknown

I’m enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein

One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts. Albert Einstein

You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.  Steven D. Woodhull

Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow.  Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

God designed us to accomplish things by the wise use of our words. John C. Maxwell

An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, and truth." The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?" The old man quietly replied, "The one you feed."

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. John Lennon

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. - Reinhold Niebuhr

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.  - Anonymous

In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.
- Nisami

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.  - Samuel Butler

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. - Josh Billings