...Sometimes he makes you live.

"God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live." -Stephen King

...once is enough.

"You only live once, but when you do it right, once is enough." -Mae West

...must always be drunk...

"If you ever have children, tell them they must always be drunk. Drunk on love, drunk on poetry, drunk on wine, it doesn't matter. This world is too goddamn painful to waste a second of your existence sober." -Benjamin Hale; The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore

...not willing to look stupid...

"If you are not willing to look stupid, nothing great is ever going to happen to you." -House (TV show)

Answer when you are called...

"Answer when you are called. And know that the calling has never stopped, even when you have made yourself a busy signal." -Divine Winks

One of abundance's many corollaries...

"One of abundance's many corollaries is that the brighter your life, the more you attract... everything. / Moths and butterflies. / At which point you begin learning what to celebrate and what to let fly on by. / Or who." -TUT; A Note from the Universe

Wisdom: Sometimes the only difference...

"Wisdom: Sometimes the only difference between a budding genius and a blooming idiot is where they choose to take a stand." -Demotivators

Alright, I've been thinking...

"Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" -Portal 2

Vision without action...

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." -Japanese Proverb

Make no little plans...

"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die." -Daniel H. Burnham

Well something's lost...

"Well something's lost, but something's gained / In living every day." -Joni Mitchell; Both Sides Now

...and not to yield.

"... and tho' / We are not now that strength which in old days / Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; / One equal temper of heroic hearts, / Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will / To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." -Alfred Lord Tennyson; Ulysses

love didn't follow rules...

"... love didn't follow rules or adhere to time schedules or wait for the world to be free of peril. If you wanted love in your life, you had to take it or leave it. But know that if you left it, it might never come again." -Doris Mortman; Out of Nowhere

Never let yesterday use up...

"Never let yesterday use up too much of today." -Will Rogers

There is no shortage...

"There is no shortage of good days. It's good lives that are hard to come by." -Annie Dillard

If life gives you a chance...

"If life gives you a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it." -Anonymous

Destiny is not a matter...

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." -William Jennings Bryan

The impossible is often...

"The impossible is often the untried." -Jim Goodwin

Most folks are about as happy...

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abrham Lincoln

The funniest thing I've found...

"The funniest thing I've found about love, is that it's the only game you can lose by refusing to play." -Ally Mcbeal (TV show)