Life - Quotes & Sayings

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Anais Nin

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Socrates

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.

William Shakespeare

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Emily Dickinson

We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job.

Ed Begley, Jr.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Wayne Dyer

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Marcus Aurelius

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Anton Chekhov

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

George Gershwin

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Carl Jung

We live in the world when we love it.

Rabindranath Tagore

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.

William James

Don't go through life, grow through life.

Eric Butterworth

I don't think I'll ever feel perfectly balanced, but I feel like I'm figuring it out, and I'm surrounded by really wonderful people that want to see me succeed and be happy. Life is wild.

Sharon Van Etten

Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.

Angelina Jolie

My life is my message.

Mahatma Gandhi

I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.

Yael Naim

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

Mary J. Blige

I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

Indira Gandhi

Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.

Eckhart Tolle

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Mahatma Gandhi

That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.

Emily Dickinson

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.

Ralph Marston

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Stephen Covey

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

William James

Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

Federico Fellini

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Henry James

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

Rabindranath Tagore

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

Carolina Herrera

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

Alice Walker

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Mark Twain

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Novalis

Wellness is not a 'medical fix' but a way of living - a lifestyle sensitive and responsive to all the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit, an approach to life we each design to achieve our highest potential for well-being now and forever.

Greg Anderson

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Zig Ziglar

I believe that without memories there is no life, and that our memories should be of happy times.

Lee Radziwill

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Charlie Chaplin

My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.

Ace Frehley

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Peter De Vries

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

Charles M. Schulz

You just got with the flow because life is just all about how you feel.

Post Malone

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.

Barack Obama

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.

Anna Freud

I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.

David Maraniss

I have a best friend in my life who I know is my soulmate.

Lili Reinhart

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.

Chris Rock

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

Benigno Aquino III

My dad's from that generation like a lot of immigrants where he feels like if you come to this country, you pay this thing like the American dream tax: like you're going to endure some racism, and if it doesn't cost you your life, well hey, you lucked out. Pay it; there you go, Uncle Sam. I was born here, so I actually had the audacity of equality.

Hasan Minhaj