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Powerful Quotes about Life

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Curie

Life is a song – sing it.
Life is a game – play it.
Life is a challenge – meet it.
Life is a dream – realize it.
Life is a sacrifice – offer it.
Life is love – enjoy it. – Sai Baba

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. – Helen Keller

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. – Helen Keller

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. – John Lennon

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. – Joseph Campbell

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. – Joseph Campbell

Life is a long lesson in humility. – James M. Barrie

Deep Life Quotes

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. – Mark Twain

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. – Theodore H. White

It is our choices … that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. – J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, “We did it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them. – Edward R. Murrow

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – John F. Kennedy

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life Quotes

«Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.» — Albert Einstein

«There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.» — Albert Schweitzer

«Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.» — Alice Walker

«A useless life is an early death.» — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

«Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.» — Ralph Waldo Emerson

«A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.» — Robert Frost

«The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.» — Willa Cather

«When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.» — Colleen C. Barrett

«The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.» — Robert Frost

«Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.» — Jane Addams

«The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not.» — C.S. Lewis

«Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.» — Beatrix Potter

«And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.» — Martin Luther King Jr.

«An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.» — Martin Luther King Jr.

«Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.» — Gloria Steinem

«Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!» — C.S. Lewis

«What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.» — Martin Luther King Jr.

«To live is Christ, to die is gain Php 1:21» — Various

«Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.» — Gordon B. Hinckley

«Tomorrow is fresh, with no mistakes in it.» — L.M. Montgomery

«…it (feminism) is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.» — G.K. Chesterton

«All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!» — J.M. Barrie

«Anything that makes weak – physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.» — Swami Vivekananda

«Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.» — Dottie Walters

«A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.» — Nathaniel Hawthorne

«Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.» — Ralph Waldo Emerson

«There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student.» — Paul Graham

«One should become the master of one’s mind rather than let one’s mind master him.» — Nichiren Daishonin

«There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.» — Adrienne Rich

«Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.» — Oscar Wilde

«Prayers said by good people are always good prayers» — Willa Cather

«Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.» — Les Brown

«I have no time to justify you, fool, youre blind, step aside from me» — Dave Matthews Band

«Two roads diverged in a wood, and I…I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.» — Robert Frost

Life Mottos

Life Mottos to Live By

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

Attitude is everything. – Anonymous

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is better to travel well than to arrive. – The Buddha

I say NO to the demands of the world.
I say YES to the longings of my own heart. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Dance lightly with life. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I have no need to conform to the stereotypes others have defined for me. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is nothing I ever need to have.
There is nothing I ever need to do. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is as easy or as hard as I think it is. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life’s burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I don’t have the power to make life “fair,” but I do have the power to make life joyful. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life Mottos about Courage, Taking Action, and Persevering

Do it Now! – Napoleon Hill

Let’s Roll. – Todd Beamer

Whatever it takes! – Anonymous

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. – Anonymous

Actions speak louder than words. – Anonymous

Do or do not, there is no try. – Yoda (Star Wars movie)

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

No one knows what he can do until he tries. – Publilius Syrus

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell

Every wall is a door. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t ever give up. – Anonymous

Never Quit. – Anonymous

Winners never quit and quitters never win! – Vince Lombardi

Practice makes perfect. – Anonymous

Seize the day (Carpe Diem) – ancient Roman

Keep the Faith. – Anonymous

You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Hard work pays off. – Anonymous

Roll with the punches. – Anonymous

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese proverb

Life Mottos about Self-Respect

Above all to thine own self be true. – William Shakespeare

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland

Know thyself. – Socrates

Believe in yourself. – Anonymous

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – John F. Kennedy

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. – Theodore H. White

Life Mottos about Purpose, Dreams, and Setting Goals

Be the best that you can be. – Anonymous

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller

We must become the change we wish to see in the world. – Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way. – Mary Anne Radmacher

Choose with no regret. – Mary Anne Radmacher

Reach for the stars. – Anonymous

Follow Your Dreams. – Anonymous

Live Your Dreams.- Les Brown

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. – James Dean

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. – Robert Byrne

Life is what you make it. – Anonymous

Nice Life Quotes

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can’t change.
Life’s too short to be anything… but happy. – Anonymous
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today is my day to laugh at life.
Laugh loud – laugh often.
Laugh at what’s funny – laugh at what’s sad.
Laugh at me – laugh at you – laugh at life. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie