Life Quotes

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

God, life changes faster than you think.

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.

Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'

The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have it" scale.

My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.

The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

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

This life is a process of learning.

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.

Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.