A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.
Life is about surviving loss.
The funny thing about having all this so-called success is that behind it is a certain horrible emptiness.
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
We have these ambitions that are very hard to accomplish because life puts us in our place. We have this battle with mediocrity.
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.
Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.