Quotes about Life

“There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.”

“A different language is a different vision of life.”

“Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.”

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”

“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“Enjoy life... that's what we're here for.”

“If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.”

“Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.”

“Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.”

“If we don't know life, how can we know death?”

“A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.”

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

“Time is long but life is short.”

“Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.”

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”

“Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.”

“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.”

“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.”