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
Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal.
May your life be filled, as mine has been, with love and laughter; and remember, when things are rough all you need is ... Chocolate.
- Geraldine Solon
Chocolicious
Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.
- Joan Lowery Nixon
In the Face of Danger
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
- Robert Burns
Collected Poems of Robert Burns
We perceive the world through the rear window of life, observe all the puzzles and little pieces of our existence and assemble them in a comprehensive pattern. This allows us to reassess and evaluate our world view. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )
The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness
And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,
And for me, now as then, it is too much.
There is too much world.
- Czesław Miłosz
The Separate Notebooks
Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.
- Guy Debord
The Society of the Spectacle
When one has come to explore the ' instant moment ' and one has chosen to savor the delights of life, which are hidden behind the curtain of haste and superficiality, then ' mental time ' is replacing ' sequential time '. So ' here ' and ' now ' are keeping hustle and impatience in check. (" Just for a moment ")
Well, it's like you're saving your energy for something. Holding back. But it doesn't make any sense. Life is one-way, and there is no return trip. What are you waiting for?
- Penelope Douglas
Corrupt
HOBBES:
Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.
When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.
Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime trying to understand you.
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
- J.M. Barrie
The Little Minister
I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.
We want life to make sense. If we don’t find meaning and orientation, we are bound to fabulate a living and invent an inspiring life story. When we write out a chosen script, we’ll have to make time to hunker down into attuning it to the hitches of the road map, time and again, with fractious patience. ( "Everybody his story" )
You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.
- Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
She laughed for her wasted, difficult life that never had to be wasted or difficult in the first place.
- Leslye Walton
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.
- Paul Valery
The Art of Poetry
People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.
What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ("Give me more images")
Life is nasty, brutish, and short
- Thomas Hobbes
My life will be the best illustration of all my work.
- Hans Christian Andersen
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal.
May your life be filled, as mine has been, with love and laughter; and remember, when things are rough all you need is ... Chocolate.
- Geraldine Solon
Chocolicious
Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.
- Joan Lowery Nixon
In the Face of Danger
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
- Robert Burns
Collected Poems of Robert Burns
We perceive the world through the rear window of life, observe all the puzzles and little pieces of our existence and assemble them in a comprehensive pattern. This allows us to reassess and evaluate our world view. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )
The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness
And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,
And for me, now as then, it is too much.
There is too much world.
- Czesław Miłosz
The Separate Notebooks
Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.
- Guy Debord
The Society of the Spectacle
When one has come to explore the ' instant moment ' and one has chosen to savor the delights of life, which are hidden behind the curtain of haste and superficiality, then ' mental time ' is replacing ' sequential time '. So ' here ' and ' now ' are keeping hustle and impatience in check. (" Just for a moment ")
Well, it's like you're saving your energy for something. Holding back. But it doesn't make any sense. Life is one-way, and there is no return trip. What are you waiting for?
- Penelope Douglas
Corrupt
HOBBES:
Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.
When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.
Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime trying to understand you.
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
- J.M. Barrie
The Little Minister
I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.
We want life to make sense. If we don’t find meaning and orientation, we are bound to fabulate a living and invent an inspiring life story. When we write out a chosen script, we’ll have to make time to hunker down into attuning it to the hitches of the road map, time and again, with fractious patience. ( "Everybody his story" )
You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.
- Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
She laughed for her wasted, difficult life that never had to be wasted or difficult in the first place.
- Leslye Walton
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.
- Paul Valery
The Art of Poetry
People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.
What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ("Give me more images")
Life is nasty, brutish, and short
- Thomas Hobbes
My life will be the best illustration of all my work.
- Hans Christian Andersen
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal.
May your life be filled, as mine has been, with love and laughter; and remember, when things are rough all you need is ... Chocolate.
- Geraldine Solon
Chocolicious
Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.
- Joan Lowery Nixon
In the Face of Danger
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
- Robert Burns
Collected Poems of Robert Burns
We perceive the world through the rear window of life, observe all the puzzles and little pieces of our existence and assemble them in a comprehensive pattern. This allows us to reassess and evaluate our world view. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )
The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness
And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,
And for me, now as then, it is too much.
There is too much world.
- Czesław Miłosz
The Separate Notebooks
Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.
- Guy Debord
The Society of the Spectacle
When one has come to explore the ' instant moment ' and one has chosen to savor the delights of life, which are hidden behind the curtain of haste and superficiality, then ' mental time ' is replacing ' sequential time '. So ' here ' and ' now ' are keeping hustle and impatience in check. (" Just for a moment ")
Well, it's like you're saving your energy for something. Holding back. But it doesn't make any sense. Life is one-way, and there is no return trip. What are you waiting for?
- Penelope Douglas
Corrupt
HOBBES:
Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.
When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.
Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime trying to understand you.
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
- J.M. Barrie
The Little Minister
I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.
We want life to make sense. If we don’t find meaning and orientation, we are bound to fabulate a living and invent an inspiring life story. When we write out a chosen script, we’ll have to make time to hunker down into attuning it to the hitches of the road map, time and again, with fractious patience. ( "Everybody his story" )
You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.
- Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
She laughed for her wasted, difficult life that never had to be wasted or difficult in the first place.
- Leslye Walton
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.
- Paul Valery
The Art of Poetry
People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.
What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ("Give me more images")
Life is nasty, brutish, and short
- Thomas Hobbes
My life will be the best illustration of all my work.
- Hans Christian Andersen
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
