Inspirational Life Quotes

Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death.

I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.

I loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, as I whispered "Cousin, you were wrong. We were born to live.

I lean back on the pillows and look at the corners of the room. When I was a kid, I always wanted to live on the ceiling - it looked so clean and uncluttered, like the top of a cake.

Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!

The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.

There are different pathways that lead to enlightenment. We could say that everyone's life is one of the pathways. Your life is a pathway that leads to enlightenment.

Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because we are in the mood. Life is its own raison d'etre.

Make not your thoughts your prisons.

You have been programmed, brainwashed to see life in very specific forms. Life is endless and we are a body of perception. We are an awareness that is endless. The universe is only perception.

If you know that you have had countless lives, then what happens in this life is not quite as traumatic.

No torment in the world is comparable to an accusing conscience.

Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope.

There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions.

Life is amazing. Even when it sucks, it is amazing, and we should be grateful for every moment.

Real life is about reacting quickly to the opportunity at hand, not the opportunity you envisioned. Not thinking and scheming for the future, but letting it happen.

A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it.

I've worked hard all my life.

Anything sweet, really sweet, that I have was nothing that I planned.

If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are; not because of what we own, but, rather because of what we believe.

The only thing that could pull me away, was hard work.

Outside of these doors, it is the real world. Someone tries to get you to do something wrong, run.

Do your very best on every task. Imagine that everyone is watching even when no one is watching.

You can't take no breaks.

Life is only what you wonder. Day is light as your brightest dream.

You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

Sport provides the spectacle, the metaphor, the religious ritual, the putty to fill the cracks in countless lives.

It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals.

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

My child, everything in life is holy.

Your Life is always a result of your thoughts about it-including your obviously creative thought that you seldom get what you choose.

I tell you this: Your Life proceeds out of your intentions for it.

When you make the U-turn to the Universal Presence and apply the Universal practices and principles, your life is changed.

Life is a creation, not a discovery.

Ultimately, the film [Dream of Life] is inspirational.

We grow the aspects of our lives that we feed - with energy and engagement - and choke off those we deprive of fuel. Your life is what you agree to attend to.

We live on the dash between our birth date and our death date.

A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.

To fear retirement is to fear life.

A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.

Life is a lie if you do not find the eternal truth.

Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.

How much larger your life would be if you were smaller in it.

Life is an endless matrix of existence. And as you experience it in that pure form, that's what we call enlightenment.

Get real. Life is heavy. It's difficult. It's complex...even for the wise.

Life is wonder, endless, ceaseless wonder. If your energy level is low, then everything is gray, two-dimensional, boring, frustrating, and unhappy.

Redefine you. Oh God, life is so beautiful. Don't let it pass you by. Don't miss it. Don't miss it.

The final result of all life is your awareness. Your awareness is existence.

Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At death, we walk offstage. At birth, we walk onstage.

Wisdom comes with age, but keep it to yourself.