Quotes about Life

“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”

“Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.”

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.”

“Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.”

“Life goes on, and one should look ahead and not backward.”

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”

“Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.”

“I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”

“Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things.”

“I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: 'Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.'”

“Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.”

“Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.”

“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”

“I want to live my life, not record it.”

“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.”

“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”

“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”

“Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.”