Quotes about Life

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”

“Life is God's novel. Let him write it.”

“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.”

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.”

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”

“To know nothing is the happiest life.”

“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”

“Life is half spent before we know what it is.”

“The person lives twice who lives the first life well.”

“I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.”

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”

“Life is a horizontal fall.”

“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”

“The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.”

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”

“Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.”

“When I was a little kid, we only knew about our nine planets. Since then, we've downgraded Pluto but have discovered that other solar systems and stars are common. So life is probably quite prevalent.”

“The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.”

“He not busy being born is busy dying.”

“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.”