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 not a spectacle to be viewed from the windows, but a battle to be fought."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"I would rather be a superb meteor of every moment than a sleepy planet."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"I am neither cowardly nor bold: I am simply human."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Every day we live, we are writing our own autobiography."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim."
Christina Rossetti
"In every life, there comes a season of sorrow and a season of joy."
Christina Rossetti
"In the tapestry of life, every thread, however small, holds value."
Christina Rossetti
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"I am a part of all that I have met"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Every moment dies a man, every moment one is born"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be."
Robert Browning
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
Robert Browning
"Life means intense activity of some kind."
Robert Browning
"Live life as though you'll die tomorrow."
Robert Browning
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"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."
Knut Hamsun
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"My life must count for something."
Knut Hamsun
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"I am my best work – a series of road maps."
Knut Hamsun
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"I am what I am. I have learned to accept myself."
Knut Hamsun
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"Life is not found in atoms, nor in blood drops, it is in thought."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"To be or not to be is not the question. To live or not to live is."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Each person carries a universe within them."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"I have been here before, but when or how I cannot tell."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"Life is not an easy matter. You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which transcends personal enmity."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"In every heart there is some sadness and some gladness too."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"A man is a being with the capacity for infinite love and infinite suffering."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"Death and life are threading through each other always."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"The greatest art is the art of living well."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
"Growth is the only evidence of life."
Robert Browning
"Life rewards those who take calculated risks."
Robert Browning