Life Quotes

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

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"My life is what I make it."
Coretta Scott King
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"Life is what you make it with the people you love."
Marsha P. Johnson
"The pursuit of life means fighting for a life worth living."
Al Sharpton
"Life is too short to waste on anger and resentment."
Al Sharpton
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"We create meaning through how we choose to live."
Larry Kramer
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"The simple hell of it is, we've got to make the best of things."
Atticus Finch
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"Life is not about the destination; it's about the choices we make along the way."
Atticus Finch
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"A life well-lived requires both sacrifice and joy."
Atticus Finch
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"Life is too short to spend it apologizing for who you are."
Marsha P. Johnson
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"The purpose of life is to serve humanity."
James Reeb
"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
Bayard Rustin
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"There are just some kind of men who—who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one."
Atticus Finch
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"You've no cause to presume that just because we're old we ain't living."
Atticus Finch
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"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep them all away from you. That's never possible."
Atticus Finch
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"Age is no barrier to living a full and meaningful life."
Atticus Finch
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"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
Michael Schwerner
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"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
Michael Schwerner
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"To be alive is to be called to serve something greater than oneself."
James Reeb
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"To live authentically is to live according to one's deepest convictions."
James Reeb
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"To live for something greater than oneself is to find true fulfillment."
James Reeb
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"To be alive is to be responsible for the world in which we live."
James Reeb
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"The worth of a life is measured not by what one accumulates but by what one gives."
James Reeb
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"We are made most fully alive when we work for the liberation of others."
James Reeb
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"To live prophetically is to live dangerously and meaningfully."
James Reeb
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"We are most ourselves when we are engaged in the work of liberation."
James Reeb
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Andrew Goodman
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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Andrew Goodman
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"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Andrew Goodman
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"Get busy living or get busy dying."
Andrew Goodman
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
Andrew Goodman