QUOTES ABOUT LIFE
Life is a journey filled with moments of joy, struggle, growth, and reflection. The quotes that follow capture different perspectives on what it means to live, love, and learn. Together, they offer insight, inspiration, and reminders that life’s lessons often come from our shared experiences. ◀ Back
Life happens. Shit happens. And it happens a lot. To a lot of people.
He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all.
I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
I haven’t been very impressed lately.
By people,
or places,
or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind.
- Charlotte Eriksson
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying
the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I
now enjoy.
Going back to something is harder than you think.
I love you, even if there isn’t any me, or any love, or even any life. I love you.
- Zelda Fitzgerald
But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.
Beauty is a whore, I like money better.
- Michael Cunningham
The Hours
Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.
I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.
By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.
She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond",
"What does?"
"This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.
If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
-
Bill WattersonThe Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.
- Leila Sales
This Song Will Save Your Life
One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked.
But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferred. Its horrors are not attributable to one single person. Tragedy is ugly and tangled, stupid and confusing.
- E. Lockhart
We Were Liars
I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
- Ron White
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
Life happens. Shit happens. And it happens a lot. To a lot of people.
He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all.
I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
I haven’t been very impressed lately.
By people,
or places,
or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind.
- Charlotte Eriksson
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying
the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I
now enjoy.
Going back to something is harder than you think.
I love you, even if there isn’t any me, or any love, or even any life. I love you.
- Zelda Fitzgerald
But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.
Beauty is a whore, I like money better.
- Michael Cunningham
The Hours
Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.
I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.
By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.
She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond",
"What does?"
"This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.
If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
-
Bill WattersonThe Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.
- Leila Sales
This Song Will Save Your Life
One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked.
But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferred. Its horrors are not attributable to one single person. Tragedy is ugly and tangled, stupid and confusing.
- E. Lockhart
We Were Liars
I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
- Ron White
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
Life happens. Shit happens. And it happens a lot. To a lot of people.
He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all.
I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
I haven’t been very impressed lately.
By people,
or places,
or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind.
- Charlotte Eriksson
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying
the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I
now enjoy.
Going back to something is harder than you think.
I love you, even if there isn’t any me, or any love, or even any life. I love you.
- Zelda Fitzgerald
But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.
Beauty is a whore, I like money better.
- Michael Cunningham
The Hours
Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.
I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.
By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.
She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond",
"What does?"
"This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.
If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
-
Bill WattersonThe Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.
- Leila Sales
This Song Will Save Your Life
One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked.
But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferred. Its horrors are not attributable to one single person. Tragedy is ugly and tangled, stupid and confusing.
- E. Lockhart
We Were Liars
I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
- Ron White
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
