Life Quotes

“Varietys the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour.” ~ William Cowper

“Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.” ~ Samuel Johnson

“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” ~ James F. Clarke

“This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind…let it be something good.” ~ Unknown

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ~ Lou Holtz

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” ~ Art Linkletter

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” ~ Lao Tzu

“Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects.” ~ Alexis

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” ~ Augustinus Sanctus

“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.” ~ Gail Sheehy

“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” ~ Sam Levenson

“Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.” ~ Kenneth Hildebrand

“Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.” ~ Robert Louis

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” ~ Elbert Hubberd

“It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.” ~ Queen of Sweeden

“Service is the very purpose of life. It is the rent we pay for living on the planet.” ~ Marian Wright Edelman

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

“We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us.” ~ Billy Graham

“If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals.” ~ Lou Holtz