Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Life is precious."
Elvis Presley
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
The Beatles
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"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
The Beatles
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"Station to station, life is about the journey between destinations."
David Bowie
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"Life is a performance, and we're all on stage."
David Bowie
"The most important thing is that you have to care about your life and devote yourself to it."
Madonna
"I'm a stranger here myself, and I'm learning as I go."
Jimi Hendrix
"Life is what you make of it, nothing more and nothing less."
Jimi Hendrix
"There's hardly anything on this earth that I figure is worth being bored about."
Duke Ellington
"Life is about experiences, memories, and the relationships we forge along the way."
Duke Ellington
"Life is a cumulative thing."
Duke Ellington
"Life is a path you create, so make sure it goes somewhere."
Duke Ellington
"The path I've taken has been extraordinary."
Duke Ellington
"I think we have only one life and life is now"
Louis Armstrong
"Some people, when you ask them 'What do you do?', they just repeat their job title"
Louis Armstrong
"Life is a wonderful beautiful thing"
Louis Armstrong
"Life is what you make it"
Louis Armstrong
"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next."
Madonna
"Challenges are what make life interesting."
Charlie Parker
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Charlie Parker
"Live each day as if it's your last."
Charlie Parker
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"We're here for a good time, not a long time."
Ella Fitzgerald
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"Life is what happens while you're making other plans."
Ella Fitzgerald
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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Ella Fitzgerald
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"The world is a stage, and I'm just trying to play my part well."
Ella Fitzgerald
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"Life is about the moments you create, not the ones you wait for."
David Bowie
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"The paradox of life is that you become yourself by being willing to change."
David Bowie
"I have this one chance in this lifetime to do what I want to do."
Jimi Hendrix
"I'm here on earth for a short time, and I want to make the most of it."
Jimi Hendrix
"The journey is just as important as the destination."
Jimi Hendrix