Life Quotes

"You could leave life right now. But if you stay, be intentional about how you live."

"To live modestly is to live wisely; to live luxuriously is to live foolishly."

"Pain and pleasure are the alphabet with which nature writes the story of existence."

"To live well is not to live much but to live well."

"The greatest recipe is not of exotic ingredients but of simple food prepared with care."

"A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and insensitive."

"All things arise and pass away. But the source they arise from is eternal."

"I would rather be a living dog than a dead lion."

"We should every night call ourselves to an account."

"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."

"Better to live a short life that is full than a long life that is empty."

"We are not given a short life but we make it short."

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

"What have you got to show for your life?"

"We are not living, we are merely existing."

"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."

"Whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life."

"Concentrate on the journey, not the destination."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"Life is not about what happens to you, but about how you respond."

"The mind of a man constitutes his nature. When his nature is developed, it becomes his destiny."

"The mind is the master of the body and the arbiter of all action."

"Greatness is not found in grand gestures but in consistent virtue."

"To be truly alive, one must live with intention and purpose."

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose"

"To live is to choose; but to choose well, one must know oneself"

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it"

"Our nature is the only thing we can truly call our own."

"When a man has not yet understood the meaning of life, it cannot be clear to him whether he is young or old."

"When the shoe fits, we forget about the shoe."