life quotes

“Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.”

— Woody Allen

“There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?”

— Woody Allen

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. ”

“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ”

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ”

“Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.”

“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.”

“Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.”

“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.”

“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”

“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”

“Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.”

— Mother Teresa

“If you would live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'”

— Stephen King

“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.”

— Marie Curie

“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.”

— Marie Curie

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

— Marie Curie

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

— Marie Curie

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

— Abraham Maslow

“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.”

— Herbert George Wells

“I am a Marxist Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.”

— Fidel Castro

“I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.”

— Fidel Castro

“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”

— Oscar Wilde

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”

— Paulo Coelho