Life Quotes

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

Laurence Sterne

A well - Tied tie is the first serious step in life.

Oscar Wilde

The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

John F. Kennedy

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

Jennifer Jones

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism the way you play it is free will.

Jawaharlal Nehru

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone.

Samuel Johnson

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Nathan Hale, last words, 22 September 1776

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.

From the last episode of "Cheers".

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

Antoine Rivarol

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.

Alan John Percivale Taylo

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars and sun.

Henry Van Dyke

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

The most beautiful thing to experience is the mysterious. It is the true source of life, art and science.

Michael Talbot

My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born and that is all that is necessary.

Albert Einstein

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

Olive Schreine

I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; and, with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine, hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

Benjamin Franklin

I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.

Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.

Greek Prove

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.

Henry Drummond

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg

Art washes away the dust of everyday life.

Pablo Picasso

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, Act 3

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything.

Plato

Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

D. H. Lawrence

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

Zig Ziglar, "Secrets of Closing the Sale", 1984

There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.

Oswald Mosley

The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.

David Russell

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Norman Cousins

As each child looks at the world through innocent eyes all they can see, Is the worlds way of life and the way they think their lives should be.

Kandice Hehner, Innocent Eyes

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

James F. Byrnes

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

David McCullough

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

Arthur Rubinstein

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

Herb Caen

Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Life is sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

O. Henry, "Gift of the Magi, " 1906

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Benjamin Franklin