A Quote by Henry Miller

Who wants to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long one sustained by fear, caution, and perpetual medical surveillance.

Henry Miller

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Henry Miller
American - Novelist
December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980

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Theophane Venard

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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

Aesop

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Douglas Wilson

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Dalai Lama

Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.

Alan Watts

Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.

John Wooden

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Dalai Lama

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