Life Quotes

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but not inwardly from the historicity of their souls.

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.

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.

The best path through life is the highway.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

I like people that enjoy life, ’cause I do the same.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Life is too short to do the things you don’t love doing.

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

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.

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!

Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

You get out of life what you put into it. I think you need a bit of luck but you also make a bit of luck. I think that if you’re a pretty decent person you’ll get back what you put in.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year‘s Eve of time.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Live, so you do not have to look back and say: ‘God, how I have wasted my life.’

I am all for the short and merry life.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

I enjoy life. That doesn’t mean I don’t care.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

You got one life to live. So I’m living it the way I want to live it.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

While there’s life, there’s hope.

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.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

You change your life by changing your heart.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.

Life is hard enough. Life is always going to be hard, so you need to push for what you want.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.