The Life Quotes

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions.

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things. As a kid, you have nothing to do with the way the world is run; you just have to hurry to catch up with it.

All I could think of was what a privilege it was to give my life away for love's sake.

For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams.

Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened - almost to calm themselves.

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.

The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious.

I am neither an economist nor a photographer of monuments, and I am not much of a journalist either. What I am trying to do more than anything else is to observe life.

We live but a fraction of our lives.

Poetry is the only life got, the only work done, the only pure product and free labor of man, performed only when he has put all the world under his feet, and conquered the last of his foes.

None can lead this life who are not almost amphibious.

Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him.

Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games

A life that is worth writing at all is worth writing minutely.

Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.

Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men gentle!

It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph.

The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization

It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.

There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.

The gene as the basis of life.

If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.

Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.

There will be beautiful times and tough times, as such is life, but if your heart is in it, then it is worth it all the way.

I don't count myself as a fashionista because I do a lot of other things. That's just a small part of my life.

A middling talent makes for a more serene life.

Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning.

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

This is life's greatest moment, when the soul unfolds capacities which reach beyond earth's boundaries.

In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm.

Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.

You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced by your presence.

Many ills of the Christian life are due to handicapped beginnings. Too many people are preaching a warped or truncated gospel, and spiritual birth defects are the inevitable result.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

I will not walk backward in life.

If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.

I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.

If we prepare ourselves for life's inevitables, we will not be perplexed by life's transitions.

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.

To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.

According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.

Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.