Life

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
Diane Ackerman, author

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit, and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
Susan B. Anthony

Life is a movie starring you.
Jennifur Brandt

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spend with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
Barbara Bush

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.
Margaret Bonnano

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
Sarah Bernhardt, actress

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902)

Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of.
Jacob M. Braude

Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom of pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.
Frederick Buechner, author, in "Now and Then"

When all is said and done, the ride of life is one of great pleasure, hard times and all. To avoid the bumps is to deny growth, happiness, and life's purpose.
Art Berg

We should have no regrets. The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences, it brought us something we had to know.
Rebecca Beard, author

After all, she might have said, this was no extraordinary occurrence. People changed other people's lives every day. There was no call to make such a fuss about it.
Saint Maybe, Anne Tyler

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
Dale Carnegie

Do you know how important now is? Enjoy it as much as you can, because no matter how much you want to hold on to "now", it's going to be "was".
Sid Caesar, comedian and actor

Life is available to anyone no matter what age. All you have to do is grab it.
Art Carney

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
Crowfoot (1821-1890), Native American warrior and orator

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
Norman Cousins (1915-1990), author and editor

At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, 'I was always happy.' Hopefully, we will be able to say, 'I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.'
Barbara DeAngelis

Life at any time can become difficult; life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts onself to life.
Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1896-1995)

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Henry Drummond, British clergyman

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
Annette Funicello

The length of our life is less important than its depth.
Mary David Fisher, writer

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
Malcolm Forbes, publisher

Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.
Edna Ferber (1885-1968), writer

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill

Plunge boldly into the thick of life.
Goethe (1749-1832), writer

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent van Gogh

Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it.
Shakti Gawain, personal growth coach (whatever that is! :) )

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
Napoleon Hill, writer (1883-1970)

Life is something like this trumpet. If you don't put anything in it you don't get anything out. And that's the truth.
W.C. handy (1873-1958), composer

Life breaks us. And when we heal, we're stronger in the broken parts.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), writer

Wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that's what music is all about -- to remind people of the beautiful moments that are in everybody's life.
Charlie Haden, Grammy-winning jazz artist

I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
William Earnest Henley, Invictus

If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting but I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me anything.
Allyson Jones

Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Henry James (1843-1916), writer

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
Soren Kierkegaard

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Soren Kierkegaard

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller

If we have nothing to die for then we have nothing to live for.
Martin Luther King, jr.

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye

I believe life should be exciting all the time. There's no rule that says it can't be.
Gary Null and Vicki Riba Koestler

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
Garrison Keillor

After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place to live in.
Vince Lombardi, Football Hall of Fame coach

Live your life in the manner that you would like your kids to live theirs.
Michael Levine

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
Doug Larson

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Sophia Loren, actress

Life is too short to spend it with people who annoy you.

Live your life the way you want,
Laugh when you can, and
Love every single day of your life.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Voltaire

Life is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter de Vries

I believe that the details of our lives will be forgotten by most, but the emotion, the spirit, will linger with those who shared it, and be part of them forever.
Liv Ullmann, actor

The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
Dick Werthimer

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Laura Ingalls Wilder

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect

I don't know why we're here, but I'm pretty sure it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
Ludwig Wittenstein

I believe that to win in life, you've got to become a dreamer again. You've got to become excited and "turned on" about your life and your future... And all most people really need is to know that there's a chance - an opportunity - for their dreams to come true.
Art Williams, business leader

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
Margaret Young

Live your life so that your children can tell their grandchildren that you not only stood for something wonderful - you acted on it.
Don Zadra

I like life. It's something to do.
Ronnie Shakes

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maughan

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), jurist

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.
Katharine Hepburn

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
Margaret Young

Live your life so that your children can tell their grandchildren that you not only stood for something wonderful - you acted on it.
Don Zadra

I like life. It's something to do.
Ronnie Shakes

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maughan

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), jurist

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.
Katharine Hepburn

Life is short and it's up to you to make it sweet.
Sarah Louise Delany (1889-1999), educator

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.
J. Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
Socrates (469?-399 BCE), philosopher

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
Ruth Ann Schabacker

We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures.

I look back on life like a good day's work - it was done and I am satisfied with it. I was happy and contented; I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered.
Grandma (Anna Mary) Moses (1860-1961), painter

Life is like a 10-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.
Charles Schulz