Life Long Quotes

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions .

I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

There's a movement for simplifying your life: purchase less stuff, own a few things that are very high quality that last a long time, and that are multifunctional.

For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.

I'm just trying to do the opposite of left, as long as there's the opposite of death, ya know Yes, ya test and I just might bring the opposite of life, til' there's no one the opposite of right

Please, don't worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.

But it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!

Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.

Life is so great. Life is so fun. Life is so great in my head because I see the love. I see what life could be. As long as I can fulfill it and fulfill my days, it will be fruitful and come about.

I'm really interested in the idea of long, long life and transformation and immortality.

I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way.

For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.

Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near

I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.

I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.

I'm trying to be myself more and more. The more confidence you have in yourself... the more you realize that this is you, and life isn't long. So get on with it!

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

Human life [is] ... a process of filling in time until the arrival of death, or Santa Claus, with very little choice, if any, of what kind of business one is going to transact during the long wait.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified.

Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.

Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.

I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.

It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that - the life you want to lead - eventually you'll probably get there.

Deep in the secret chambers of my heart I muse my life-long hate, and without flinch I bear it nobly as I live my part.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts.

My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had - everyday I'm learning something new.

Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.

There is nothing on earth that can satisfy our deepest longing. We long to see God. The leaves of life are rustling with the rumor that we will - and we won't be satisfied until we do.

O excellent! I love long life better than figs.

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

With strength and determination you can do anything you want in life, as long as you believe in yourself, because if you don't, no one else will.

Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

I felt more than ever the necessity of my mission. But I went home out of spirits, I hardly know why. I must work by myself all life long.

I came down the long road, even before I got here. Just to be where I am today is already a positive in my life. But to have something like this happen to me as well, I'm speechless.

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

But I know that I'm not who I was supposed to be. Who I could have been. And I know it's because I was too afraid for too long.

I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as much money as he wanted and see how long he lasted.