1,037 Quotes Regarding Life


As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Ernest Hemingway

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
Emile Zola

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
Jim Morrison

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Napoleon Hill

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
Joel Osteen

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W. Clement Stone

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.
Hugh Sidey

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
Thomas Jefferson

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.
Hugh Mackay

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
John F. Kennedy

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

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
C. S. Lewis

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Marcus Garvey