Quotes about life
Welcome to our Life collection, a contemplation of the extraordinary journey we all embark upon from the moment we take our first breath. In this curated compilation of quotes, we navigate the intricate pathways of life, celebrating its moments of joy, challenges, and the profound connections that define our shared human experience.
Life is more than a sequence of days; it's a canvas for experiences, a crucible of emotions, and a journey that weaves together a tapestry of stories. Our Life quotes honor the beauty of birth, the resilience in times of adversity, and the perpetual dance of growth and change that accompanies each passing moment.
Whether you're seeking insights into the meaning of life, captivated by the experiences that shape our identities, or simply intrigued by the complexity of existence, these quotes offer glimpses into the diverse and multifaceted nature of life itself.
Embark on a journey that explores the seasons of life, the chapters that unfold through time, and the milestones that mark our progress. Discover the wisdom drawn from shared experiences, the poignant reminders of impermanence, and the celebration of life's small and significant moments that collectively create the mosaic of our existence.
Hypatia
— Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematicianLife is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThe great happiness in life in creativity belongs to amateurs.
Perry Como
— SingerI worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorIn death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.
Flora Thompson
— NovelistIt was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.
Antonio Machado
— PoetLife is the path you beat while you walk it It's the walking that beats the path It is not the path that makes the walk
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsLife is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.
Russell Hoban
— Versatile Author & Creative StorytellerWords have a life; without response they die.
D.T. Suzuki
— Pioneer of Zen Buddhism in the WestI am an artist at living - my work of art is my life.
Darren McCarty
— Champion Hockey Player & Inspirational StoryI'm a firm believer that everything in life works out the way it's supposed to. And who knows? I figure I've got a few years left (in the NHL) and maybe I can come back in the end.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesLife is never completely without its challenges.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerLife is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.
Daniel Craig
— Iconic James Bond ActorAt some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterHaving bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must eat to live, we should ignore it and live to eat.
Ricky Martin
— MusicianEveryday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.
Timothy Leary
— American psychologist and authorLiving, dying, and thinking... they're all team sports.
Chadwick Boseman
— American actorThe best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!
Thomas Kyd
— English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan dramaOh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; Oh life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs.
Blake Lively
— American actress, model, director, and advocateYou can't really go wrong as long as you're true to yourself.
Pope John XXIII
— Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in 1963Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.
Lindy West
— American writer, comedian and activistWe only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.
Ciara
— American singerEducation is everything - education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.
Kafu Nagai
— Japanese writer, essayist, diarist and translatorEmpathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanTo succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
Craig Stone
— English footballerWe only borrow the breaths we take in life. Every breath we borrow we give back, including our last. In the end, no matter how we lived, we all die feeling owed.
Eli Roth
— American film director, producer, and actorLife is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.
Dhani Jones
— American football linebackerIf you're passionate about life, and you love what you do, you learn how to organize yourself and switch your various sides on and off.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistTune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodOn life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
Ryan Gosling
— Canadian actorIn New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.
Ludwig von Mises
— Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologistIf we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their life with a sense of entitlement that undermine peace , freedom and liberty. Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams. Planning other people's actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.
Grace Kelly
— American actressI've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way.
George Allen
— American football coachHealth, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life, but what we do about what happens to us.
Eknath Easwaran
— Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and translator and interpreter of Indian religious textsEvery human heart has a deep need to love - to be in love, really, with all of life. This is the kind of love that comes when the mind is still. . . . Be still and know that we are all God’s children; then you will be in love with all.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI don't think of myself as a role model, but I do feel like, for women out there who are trying to figure out who they are, the most important choice to make is to live a life that's true to who you are inside. And let your ideas and your heart and your mind drive your fashion choices.
Suzy Kassem
— Writer, director, philosopher, poet, and citizen of the worldIf man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostWhen you choose to perceive Love over fear, life begins to flow.
Jon Foreman
— American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founderDarkness cannot cast out darkness. You need a light for that. Fear cannot cast out fear. You're gonna need hope for that death warrants more death. But I believe life wants more life and I'm convinced that the greatest weapon we've got is LOVE! And maybe, in a world full of fighters, in a world imploding with hate, maybe to be a lover, you gotta be a fighter. Maybe that's the biggest fight, the only fight worth fighting, the fight you're gonna be in for the rest of your life.
Jeri Smith-Ready
— Author of young adult, contemporary fantasy, and paranormal romance.I think we get the world we deserve. People who love get love back, and people who hate, or fear, they get those back too.
Demi Lovato
— American singer, songwriter, and actorLife is precious and it's what you do with it that keeps you alive on the inside.It's not enough just to live and take that gift for granted.Each one of us has fears,but the more we work to overome them,the more we are able to enjoy our lives.
Carmen Dell'Orefice
— American supermodel and actressThe key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in fear, or thinking "I'll never figure it out." The more consciously we can understand what we're experiencing, the more that is our protection. So, we run into adversity, but we don't have to stay there if we have imagination and a way to help ourselves change course. Sometimes we can't - knowing the difference is wisdom and the acceptance that we have enough.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
— English poet, playwright, novelist, and criticFor the crown of our life as it closes Is darkness, the fruit thereof dust; No thorns go as deep as a rose's, And love is more cruel than lust. Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.
John Gray
— English political philosopher and authorLife is filled with rhythms-day and night, hot and cold, summer and winter, spring and fall, cloudy and clear. Likewise in a relationship, men and women have their own rhythms and cycles.
Herman Melville
— American novelist, short story writerTo know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Kate Hudson
— American actressBeing active and good health is the most important beauty regime because that will affect you for the rest of your life.
Hugh Jackman
— Australian actorWe can live tough lives, but the human spirit is stronger, seemingly, than anything. There is redemption, hope, and love. All different forms of heartbreak, but beyond all that there is hope, there is love. There is beauty and bliss.
Italo Calvino
— Italian writer and journalist...and every Wednesday the perfumed young lady slips me a hundred-crown note to leave her alone with the convict. And by Thursday the hundred crowns are already gone in so much beer. And when the visiting hour is over, the young lady comes out with the stink of jail in her elegant clothes; and the prisoner goes back to his cell with the lady's perfume in his jailbird's suit. And I'm left with the smell of beer. Life is nothing but trading smells.
Denise Austin
— American fitness instructor, author, and columnist, and a former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and SportsLife is pulled by goals and pushed by drive. Make sure you have both!
Brian Jacques
— English novelistThere is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious.
Bethany Mota
— American video bloggerI rarely deal with boredom these days. I used to spend a lot of time saying I was bored until I realized there is always something I could be doing. Whenever I have free time, I love using that time to improve myself in different ways. If you think about it, there are tons of things we still don't know much about.
Yves Saint Laurent
— French fashion designerI'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
Gianni Versace
— Italian fashion designer, socialite and businessmanIn those days, when I was a little kid, I met the truer more authentic people of my life. The men were so pure, strong, honest, and faithful unto death - with an incredible sense of respect for a boss.
Donna Air
— English actress, television presenter and media personalityLife experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes in my life and what kind of person they've made me into. I'm very open, not as judgmental as I was in my twenties, and a lot more compassionate.
Chavela Vargas
— Costa Rican MusicianI am a friend of life, at 80 life tells me to behave like a woman and not like an old woman.
Charles J. Givens
— American BusinessmanAchieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.
Charles Duhigg
— American JournalistA huge amount of success in life comes from learning as a child how to make good habits. It's good to help kids understand that when they do certain things habitually, they're reinforcing patterns.
Colin Powell
— American StatesmanIn other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.
Bret Michaels
— American MusicianI believe you must find the things in life that you love, and don't let anybody or anything stop you. There may be lesser successes, but you're never a failure unless you choose not to do something. I don't fail unless I quit. You must believe to receive.
Bob Feller
— AthleteEvery day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
Beth Moore
— American AuthorI think that what women need to hear is that there is life after failure.
Asin
— Indian ActressI believe that if you acheive success, you will also experience failures in life.
Arthur C. Brooks
— American AuthorThe more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
Arnold Bennett
— English NovelistHappiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Anushka Sharma
— Indian ActressHaving failures in life is important to understand where, exactly, you stand.
Anne Baxter
— American ActressIt's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.
Ann Cotton
— Welsh BusinesswomanBe greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up.
Amy Morin
— American AuthorRather than make excuses for their failures, resilient people learn from each mistake. They identify skills, ideas, and life lessons that can be gained from each failed opportunity.
Alice James
— American WriterThe success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.
Alice Dreger
— American ScientistYou can't go into new life experiences without the understanding that yeah, you may fail, but knowing you might fail can't stop you from trying.
Ali Larter
— American ModelWhen it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.