Words matter. These are the best Life Quotes from famous people such as Buddha, Michael Jordan, Thomas Jefferson, William Barclay, Friedrich Nietzsche, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
May you live all the days of your life.
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life… just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
Everything in life… has to have balance.
I am all for the short and merry life.
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Life is wasted on the living.
Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I’d rather be the person that’s like, ‘I messed up,’ than, ‘I wish I did that.’
Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.
Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.
Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
I just really enjoy life.
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
What we play is life.
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
Where there is love there is life.
I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it.
Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
I don’t regret what I’ve been through. I’ve had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I’ve been so blessed that I could never say, ‘I wish this didn’t happen.’ It’s part of who I am. There’s nothing in my life that’s so ugh.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
Music is the soundtrack of your life.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it’s a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.
Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence.
Art is the proper task of life.
We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. There’s a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.
Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You’re not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you’re at peace with yourself. Learning life’s lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be.
When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.
People living deeply have no fear of death.
If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself.
Nobody’s life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.
Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.
We can’t plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
You can really only enjoy life when you’re extremely busy.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
You will always have ups and downs in your life and your career, but just stay positive and go for it.
Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Without football, my life is worth nothing.
Everything in life is luck.
A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.
Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
Life goes on, and one should look ahead and not backward.
Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.
Love is energy of life.
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Life is really not easy, we all have our personal battles, but it is important that you really treasure yourself, love yourself and have a sense of self-worth.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.
There’s theater in life, obviously, and there’s life in theater.
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
My view of life is, ‘If you’re going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
To have faith doesn’t mean you get any less frustrated when you don’t do your best, but you know that it’s not life and death. Take what you’re given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going.
We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
The less routine the more life.
Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.
You only live once and you need to enjoy life, to go out and achieve whatever you want to.
The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
He not busy being born is busy dying.
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
I am I plus my circumstances.
Don’t die old, die empty. That’s the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard.
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
No matter if you win or lose, the most important thing in life is to enjoy what you have.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Life is God’s novel. Let him write it.
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.
I am an artist… I am here to live out loud.
I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
At its best, life is completely unpredictable.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.
It’s in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It’s not in happiness. It’s not in impulsive pleasure.
High school is what kind of grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I’ll take with me the rest of my life.
No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
You aren’t your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family… your anything. You’re a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.
When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.
I did not direct my life. I didn’t design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That’s what life is.
Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that’s living.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn – exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
The only real things in life is the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion.
Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Life is too short to do the things you don’t love doing.
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.
Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
Life is all about having a good time.
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Enjoy life… that’s what we’re here for.
I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Life loves the liver of it.
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Life is made up of marble and mud.
We pass through this world but once.
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.
Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
Life is full of ups and downs. One needs to stay positive in life, no matter what.
I try to work and enjoy life, and that’s about all.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Once your mind and body is healthy, it creates a freedom that helps you enjoy life.
I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
What you put into life is what you get out of it.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.
The goal of all life is death.
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
I think our life is a journey, and we make mistakes, and it’s how we learn from those mistakes and rebound from those mistakes that sets us on the path that we’re meant to be on.
Life moves so fast. You gotta document the good times, man.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
My personal ambition remains the same – to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.
Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.
Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.
Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space. We have chosen to come here to learn a particular lesson that will advance us upon our spiritual, evolutionary pathway.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Life is too short to work so hard.
Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.
I have said that propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation have always been part of political warfare. Social media and other new platforms have given it a new life and reach through which the fake news phenomenon can reach everywhere.
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it’s the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.
Life itself is the proper binge.
Life is just a bowl of cherries, don’t take it serious, its mysterious. Life is just a bowl of cherries, so live and laugh and laugh at love, love a laugh, laugh and love.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
The best path through life is the highway.
You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Without rain, there is no life.
My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.
Always keep your smile. That’s how I explain my long life.
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Memories are the best things in life, I think.
I am lucky to do what I do and enjoy life.
We live in the world when we love it.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.
It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
Life is a DNA software system.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
Nothing in life is promised except death.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.
I realize that humor isn’t for everyone. It’s only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.
Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
My trade and art is to live.
Life is hard enough. Life is always going to be hard, so you need to push for what you want.
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing – it can’t fly.
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
Relax! Life is beautiful!
I like people that enjoy life, ’cause I do the same.
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
I have, like, a playlist with all my favourite songs on it. Sadie’s Playlist is the soundtrack of my life. ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis, ‘Under The Bridge’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers, TLC, ‘Waterfalls’ – I love the ’90s.
The bottom line is to have fun and enjoy life.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life – becoming a better person.
At the end of the day, life is too short to worry.
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.
Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back?
I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.
I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
Water is life, and clean water means health.
Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
You can’t get anywhere in life without taking risks.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death – and everything else is open to discussion.
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
Life is tragic. You are tiny and flawed and ignorant and weak, and everything else is huge, complex, and overwhelming.
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
We cannot put off living until we are ready.
Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
All mankind… being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
Our entire life – consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
There is no wealth but life.
See, life is a journey and every chapter is very interesting.
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.
I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
Life is not what you expect: it is made up of the most unexpected twists and turns.
I do not regret one moment of my life.
Your life is your canvas, and you are the masterpiece. There are a million ways to be kind, amazing, fabulous, creative, bold, and interesting.
I’ve always been a private person, and I’ve always valued my private life.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
I am blessed with a funny gene that makes me enjoy life.
If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.
Live, so you do not have to look back and say: ‘God, how I have wasted my life.’
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it – would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
The way to know life is to love many things.
Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.
I just enjoy life in a way where I like being my own person.
Life is a lively process of becoming.
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
I want to live my life, not record it.
To be free is to have achieved your life.
I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.
Life well spent is long.
Life is anything but predictable.
Life is a game and true love is a trophy.
