The Life Quotes

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back.

Nobody stood by Jesus. Maybe nobody will stand by you. It's a lonely life, but it's a glorious life.

Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed.

Enjoy the journey, because the destination is a mirage.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

Life is a miracle; walking is a miracle; watching the sunset is a miracle; everything is a miracle, because existence is a miracle!

Deep human connection is ... the purpose and the result of a meaningful life - and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.

But time is yet another of God's creations, and as such, it has a life of its own.

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

The fight for the right to life is not the cause of a special few, but the cause of every man, woman and child who cares not only about his or her own family, but the whole family of man.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.

Everything is so alive, that I can be alive. Without moving I can see it all. In your life I see everything that lives.

Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.

The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one in which we go forward in spite of our fears.

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

Be the designer of your own destiny.

I have spent most of my life unlearning things that were proved not to be true

Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns.

It's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar.

When God is at the center of your life, you Worship, when He's not, you Worry.

All my life I've wanted, just once, to say something clever without losing my train of thought

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

The demon that you can swallow gives you it’s power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!

Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.

The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.

I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

I only want to write one thing over the doorpost to my heart and life: “Jesus Christ lives here.

Paintings, like dreams, have a life of their own and I have always painted very much the way I dream.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.

To believe in God is to see that life has a meaning.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

My hands were too soft.. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life.

Life is nothing without friendship.

We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .

Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild.

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.