Life Quotes

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

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"A legacy is not what you leave behind, but what you inspire."
Wilhelm II
"A life without struggle is a life without meaning."
Wilhelm II
"The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you live, but on how useful you live."
Marie Antoinette
"How strange it is that life has so little to offer."
Marie Antoinette
"I have learned that life is precious."
Marie Antoinette
N
"Better to have a short life that is full of deeds than a long life spent in a state of uselessness."
Napoleon Bonaparte
B
"Life is too short to be small."
Benjamin Disraeli
B
"The great object of life is sensation—to feel that we exist."
Benjamin Disraeli
B
"Time and experience have convinced me that a very few things are necessary in life."
Benjamin Disraeli
"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."
John Stuart Mill
"Most people exist, but do not live."
John Stuart Mill
"Legacy is what remains after ambition has faded."
Wilhelm II
C
"Life without passion is merely existence."
Camille Desmoulins
J
"To live is to fight for what you believe."
Jean-Paul Marat
"Manners maketh man."
Georges Danton
"Character is destiny."
Georges Danton
"I have learned that one must accept life as it comes, with all its trials and tribulations."
Marie Antoinette
"I would rather be remembered as having lived fully than having merely existed."
Marie Antoinette
R
"Life is the greatest teacher."
Robespierre
"A life lived in fear is a life half-lived."
Georges Danton
"A life without struggle is a life without meaning."
Georges Danton
"The roses of life are gathered in the thorns of experience."
Marie Antoinette
"To be fully alive is to embrace both joy and sorrow with equal grace."
Marie Antoinette
"A life of meaning requires sacrifice of the trivial for the essential."
Marie Antoinette
"To live fully is to embrace both the light and shadow of existence."
Marie Antoinette
N
"The human heart is the starting point of all matters."
Napoleon Bonaparte
N
"The only conquests which are painless are those over ourselves."
Napoleon Bonaparte
J
"Life is meaningful only when dedicated to something greater than oneself."
Jean-Paul Marat
R
"Life is the struggle for something greater than oneself."
Robespierre
L
"I believe that life is a series of choices, and each choice shapes our destiny."
Louis XVI