On Life Quotes

We need do no more than repeat: only under communism does the individual become himself and lead his own life.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

One of my core beliefs is that everything happens for a reason and some things just aren't to my taste. All the things that happen in my life are divinely inspired and they happen for a purpose.

All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram.

That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you about it.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.

In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . .

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best.

We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to.

We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can’t give yourself

Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.

I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.

We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small.

It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.

I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.

There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.

He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.

One returns to the place one came from.

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning.

I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.

If you're going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

I'm cancer-free. And I'm on antioxidants and acupuncture and a different diet. And I have a different outlook on life. I don't have resentment any more. It's wonderful.

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

Life is like a B-picture script.