Top 1081 Life Quotes

Life rarely goes according to plan, and that is exactly what makes it worth examining. These reflections on life touch on time, change, regret, and gratitude: perspective from people who paid attention to how their own stories unfolded.

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.
Emil Brunner
Emil Brunner
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Life is short, I have no time for drama.
Caroline Manzo
Caroline Manzo
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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.
W.H.Davis
W.H.Davis
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The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes
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You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the person who you cannot live without.
Alexia Ronny
Alexia Ronny
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I'm living my dream now.
Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry
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Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.
Berry Hill
Berry Hill
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You always see the world the way you are, not the way the world is.
Swami Nityananda
Swami Nityananda
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Language and culture cannot be separated. Language is vital to understanding our unique cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is used to explore and experience our cultures and the perspectives that are embedded in our cultures.
Unknown
Unknown
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Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.
Robert Brault
Robert Brault
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Experience first, then intellectualize.
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
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Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things.
Unknown
Unknown
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Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
Ruta Sepetys
Ruta Sepetys
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There is no happiness in life, there is only a mirage on the horizon, so cherish that.
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
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We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we not be brothers and sisters?
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you are going to respond to life.
Wess Stafford
Wess Stafford
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Life is so good, and it gets better every day.
George Dawson
George Dawson
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Life is short, you better make the most of it.
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
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Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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It is now easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson
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There is no substitute for experience.
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
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Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.
Mary Ruble
Mary Ruble
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Jesus said: 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Joe Clevenger
Joe Clevenger
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I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley
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When you're born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire. But it's not.
Richard Kadrey
Richard Kadrey
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Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Winston Groom
Winston Groom
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Books. Cats. Life is Good.
Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
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Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.
David Benjey Hart
David Benjey Hart
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Life's a dance you learn as you go. sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. Don't worry about what you don't know.
John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery
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It is only when we become aware that our time is limited that we can channel our energy into truly living.
Ludivina Linardi
Ludivina Linardi
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Change the way you think, and you are halfway to changing the world.
Theodore Zeldin
Theodore Zeldin
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Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
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The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
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Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.
David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff
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Live fast, die young.
Ed Westwick
Ed Westwick
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Our whole life is solving puzzles.
Erno Rubik
Erno Rubik
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It's not dying you need to be afraid of, it's never having lived in the first place.
Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen
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For man is man and master of his fate.
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great
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In silence more work can be done. The true experience of bliss is without words.
Mother Meera
Mother Meera
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Life isn't always easy, but it's simple.
Demi Moore
Demi Moore
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One breath at a time. One day at a time. Wake up, and be shredded. Cry for a while. Then stop crying and go about your day. You're not okay, but you're alive, and you will be okay, someday.
Jamie Ivey
Jamie Ivey
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Life is too short to work so hard.
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
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Tomorrow doesn't really exist.
Ricky Williams
Ricky Williams
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We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do.
Michael Greger
Michael Greger
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Then I am reminded that life will continue on, regardless of whether I choose to board the train or stay on the platform.
Courtney Poppenell
Courtney Poppenell
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When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.
Richard Peck
Richard Peck
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Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place – and still be home in time to have dinner.
Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne
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