Best Life Quotes and Sayings

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it. Drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love. - John Ruskin

The life each of us lives is the life within the limits of our own thinking. To have life more abundant, we must think in limitless terms of abundance. - Thomas Dreier

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles. - Stephen R. Covey

Dreams are necessary to life. - Anais Nin

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. - Anais Nin

Do not be too timid and squeamish. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. - Isaac Asimov

Life is not so much a matter of "finding" ourselves as it is a matter of making ourselves. - Alan McGinnis

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. - Anais Nin

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness. - Gilda Radner

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. - John Wayne

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed. - Bernard Baruch

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. - Oprah Winfrey

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is formed from the inside out. What I am inside determines the issues in the battle of life. - Dr. William Hornaday

Life is trying things to see if they work. - Ray Bradbury

Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I've got to hold up for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. - George Bernard Shaw

Life is a combination of "want to" and "how to," and we need to give equal attention to both. - Jim Rohn

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. - Ayn Rand

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The "sure thing" boat never gets far from shore. - Dale Carnegie

For the concert of life, no one receives a program. - Dutch Proverb

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

Whatever has happened in the past it can only come back and haunt you if you bring it back. It will not jump into your life without your permission. - Wally Amos

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain

Do not go through life; grow through life. - Eric Butterworth

What is done is done. You can never go back and make a new start but you always have the opportunity to start to make a new ending. - Author unknown

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses. - Rosalind Russell

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. - Virginia Satir

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan

Life is part positive and part negative. Suppose you went to hear a symphony orchestra and all they played were the little, happy, high notes? Would you leave soon? Let me hear the rumble of the bass, the crash of the cymbals, and the minor keys. - Jim Rohn

Life is like that old Spanish saying: "He who plants the lettuce doesn't always eat the salad. - Anthony Quinn

We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. When we are no longer able to change a situation...we are challenged to change ourselves. - Viktor E Frankl

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. - Benjamin Franklin

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

A man's life is interesting primarily when he had failed, for it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself. - Georges Clemenceau

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence.

We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility. - Sri Chinmoy

Each person must live their life as a model for others. - Rosa Parks

Savor life's tiny delights - a crackling fire, a glorious sunset, a hug from a child, a walk with a loved one, a kiss behind the ear. - John Anthony

Be prepared to ride the cycles and trends of life; success is never permanent and failure is never final. - Brian Tracy

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. - Oprah Winfrey

It's the set of the sail, not the blow of the gale that determines your course in life. - Randy Davis

Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. - L. Thomas Holdcraft

Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon

Never forget that life can only be noble, inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle. - Annie Besant

Life is short, and truth works far and lives long; let us speak the truth. - Arthur Schopenhauer

It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing. - Wieder Marcia

What is winning at life? Simple. It's winning the heart race. Because your heart will always determine what kind of finish you will have. - Doug Firebaugh

We feel guilty about something that happened yesterday or are afraid to face something that might happen tomorrow, and we fail to reach total fulfillment today. Fear can keep us from enjoying today. - Wayne Dyer

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. - Stephen R. Covey

The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates

The purpose of life is not to win. The purpose of life is to grow and to share. When you come to look back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the pleasure you have brought into other people's lives than you will from the times that you outdid and defeated them. - Harold Kushner

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. - Marie Curie

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan

Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be. - Grandma Moses

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself - Rumi

The world is full of abundance and opportunity but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little. - Ben Sweetland

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine... [your] values and goals...Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. - Marsha Sinetar

Walk away from the 97% crowd. Don't use their excuses. Take charge of your own life. - Jim Rohn

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Norman MacEwan

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. - Charles Darwin

Sharpen your interest in two major subjects: life and people. You will only gather information from a source if you are interested in it. - Jim Rohn

Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life. - Alvin Toffler

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. - Voltaire

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness. - Gilda Radner

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. - Rachel Carson

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning. - Barbara De Angelis

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