David Zinczenko famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.

  • Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

  • If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts... remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.

  • So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.

  • Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.

  • It is OK to be happy in life. Even through all the strife, maybe especially during times of great pain and suffering. We still have to be able to stay close to that joy because we can't save the world in a bad mood.

  • It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life, because that's going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.

  • We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.

  • Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.

  • You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.