Quote by Joan Borysenko

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will liv

Summary

This quote highlights the inevitability of death and shifts the focus towards one's way of living rather than the fear of dying. Instead of pondering our mortality, it emphasizes the importance of making the most out of our lives. It encourages introspection, prompting us to reflect on the choices we make, the values we uphold, and the legacy we leave behind. Ultimately, this quote reminds us to prioritize living a meaningful and purposeful life, rather than dwelling on the fleeting nature of our existence.

Topics

By Joan Borysenko

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It was a folly, with the materiality of this daily life pres

It was a folly, with the materiality of this daily life pressing so intrusively upon me, to attempt to fling myself back into another age; or to insist on creating a semblance of a world out of airy matter . . . This wiser effort would have been, to diffuse thought and imagination through the opaque substance of to-day, and thus make it a bright transparency . . . to seek resolutely the true and indestructible value that lay hidden in the petty and wearisome incidents and ordinary characters with which I was now conversant. The fault was mine. The page of life that was spread out before me was dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. A better book than I shall ever write was there . . . These perceptions came too late . . . I had ceased to be a writer of tolerably poor tales and essays, and had become a tolerably good Surveyor of the Customs. That was all.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet

Authors & Writing

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

In the fourth grade, my history teacher gave us a project: W

In the fourth grade, my history teacher gave us a project: Why was the auto industry located in Detroit, Michigan? I didn't know I was going to be an economist, but I knew I was going to do something that was involved in answering questions like that one because I thought that was a fascinating question.

The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidif

The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.

And then the line was quite but not dead. I almost felt like

And then the line was quite but not dead. I almost felt like he was there in my room with me, but in a way it was better, like I was not in my room and he was not in his, but instead we were together in some invisible and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone.

John Green The Fault In Our Stars Relationships

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wi

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Successful Man Behind His

I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking ab

I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very simple. It's just about alienation, really, that causes anger.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

Robert Penn Warren

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you win, nothing hurts.

When you win, nothing hurts.

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if yo

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.

Cassandra Clare

Humor Funny Obedience Sarcasm Jace Wayland Imogen Herondale Impudence Rebelliousness

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Jean de la Bruyere