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.

Tomorrow or the next life - which comes first, we never know.
Togail Rinpoche
Togail Rinpoche
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Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Robert McKee
Robert McKee
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Practice peace, change your world.
Prem Rawat
Prem Rawat
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale
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I don't live to work; I work to live.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
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I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
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Time management is about life management.
Idowu Koyenikan
Idowu Koyenikan
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Our fears don't stop death, they stop life.
Rickson Gracie
Rickson Gracie
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If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
Moms L. West
Moms L. West
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The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
David O. McKay
David O. McKay
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Many small people, in small places, doing small things can change the world.
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano
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The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.
David Viscott
David Viscott
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There's simply no polite way to tell people they've dedicated their lives to an illusion.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett
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If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.
Jared Salk
Jared Salk
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A different language is a different vision of life.
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
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Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.
Toni H. Braxton
Toni H. Braxton
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I live for myself and answer to nobody.
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
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You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space: everything else is opinion.
Democritus
Democritus
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I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.
Yann Martel
Yann Martel
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A woman of God does not let the world dictate her walk with God. She lets the Word direct her to the Lord.
Gil Gugu Mona
Gil Gugu Mona
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Long you live and high you fly. And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry. And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.
Roger Waters
Roger Waters
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Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.
Jay Samit
Jay Samit
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Find your passion, learn how to add value to it, and commit to a lifetime of learning.
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil
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Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.
Unknown
Unknown
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Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
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We only have one life and one body to take care of, and we better do it right. You never know what tomorrow may bring and so we better live this life the best we can and be grateful for everything we have.
Novel Diction
Novel Diction
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine
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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron
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Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel.
Jim Stovall
Jim Stovall
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I am an artist at living – my work of art is my life.
D.T. Suzuki
D.T. Suzuki
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You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die
Cathy Saunders
Cathy Saunders
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.
Amby Burfoot
Amby Burfoot
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Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.
Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit
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Life experience is the best teacher.
David Letterman
David Letterman
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You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're still the one I want for life.
Shania Twain
Shania Twain
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People who are two faced, usually forget which mask they are wearing at some point in their life.
Anthony T. Hincks
Anthony T. Hincks
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Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
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Life is not about how many times you fall down. It's about how many times you get back up.
Jaime Escalante
Jaime Escalante
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If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.
Unknown
Unknown
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There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
William Barclay
William Barclay
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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
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Living safely is dangerous.
Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin D. Yalom
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Don't take life too seriously. After all none of us are getting out alive anyway.
Jill Shalvis
Jill Shalvis
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Anxiety is simply living out the future before it gets here.
Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung
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Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune
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