Life - Quotes & Sayings

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Walter Hagen

Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.

Nathan Chen

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Marcus Garvey

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.

Robin Williams

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

John C. Maxwell

Into each life some rain must fall.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Audrey Hepburn

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

Stephen Gardiner

Memories are the best things in life, I think.

Romy Schneider

The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.

David Duchovny

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.

Leo Buscaglia

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.

Agatha Christie

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.

Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Alan Alda

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

Billie Jean King

Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.

Leo Howard

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.

Evel Knievel

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

Walter Anderson

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

Barbara Bush

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

Jesus Christ

I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.

Bobby Brown

No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.

Michael Franti

Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.

John Scalzi

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Muhammad Ali

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.

Marie Curie

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Helen Keller

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Phillips Brooks

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Ridley Scott

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.

Gary Allan

We are all born alone and die alone. The loneliness is definitely part of the journey of life.

Jenova Chen

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

Christopher Morley

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

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.

Michael Jordan

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

John Updike

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Joel Osteen

Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.

Drew Houston

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

Billy Graham

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Mark Twain

Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way.

Skylar Grey

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

John Locke

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Paulo Coelho

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

Bob Marley

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Jean de La Fontaine

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Joseph Campbell

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Joyce Meyer

Life is all about evolution. What looks like a mistake to others has been a milestone in my life. Even if people have betrayed me, even if my heart was broken, even if people misunderstood or judged me, I have learned from these incidents. We are human and we make mistakes, but learning from them is what makes the difference.

Amisha Patel

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Hugh Prather

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Sholom Aleichem