Quotes about Life

“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”

“Life comes with pain.”

“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”

“I work a lot in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and the life there is poor and very sad. And I've always taught to myself to look for the beauty of it and look in the beauty of the faces of the children and to be grateful.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”

“It's really not about what you have. It's about how you're able to enjoy life in general.”

“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”

“Attitude determines the altitude of life.”

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”

“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.”

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”

“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.”

“Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.”

“I am I plus my circumstances.”

“We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.”

“You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.”

“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”

“It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”

“Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.”

“There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.”