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
"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
"We create meaning through how we choose to live."Larry Kramer
"The simple hell of it is, we've got to make the best of things."Atticus Finch
"Life is not about the destination; it's about the choices we make along the way."Atticus Finch
"A life well-lived requires both sacrifice and joy."Atticus Finch
"Life is too short to spend it apologizing for who you are."Marsha P. Johnson
"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
"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
"You've no cause to presume that just because we're old we ain't living."Atticus Finch
"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
"Age is no barrier to living a full and meaningful life."Atticus Finch
"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."Michael Schwerner
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"Michael Schwerner
"To be alive is to be called to serve something greater than oneself."James Reeb
"To live authentically is to live according to one's deepest convictions."James Reeb
"To live for something greater than oneself is to find true fulfillment."James Reeb
"To be alive is to be responsible for the world in which we live."James Reeb
"The worth of a life is measured not by what one accumulates but by what one gives."James Reeb
"We are made most fully alive when we work for the liberation of others."James Reeb
"To live prophetically is to live dangerously and meaningfully."James Reeb
"We are most ourselves when we are engaged in the work of liberation."James Reeb
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."Andrew Goodman
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."Andrew Goodman
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."Andrew Goodman
"Get busy living or get busy dying."Andrew Goodman
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."Andrew Goodman