Carol Ann Duffy Quotes

I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.

If you're not busy living, you're dying.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

There is so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I'm sure I will find something. I just need a bit of time to kind of settle down.

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

You may be sick of what you did the first half of your life, but you don't have to just walk around and play golf or doing nothing. It's not like fifty is the new thirty. It's like fifty is the new chapter.

It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I'm doing, which is inspire people to not give up.

if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'

Don’t you want to be alive before you die?

If this is the only life, then why I’m not just doing everything I want to do.

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

You only live once, so live a good life!

Rise to the occassion which is life!

At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make plans for the future.

You now have the least amount of time you've ever had, to do everything you've ever wanted to do. Enjoy your life. You only get one

What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.

I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life.

You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live.

Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.