Quotes About Life

For this post I’ve featured quotes about life by scholars, poets, philosophers and spiritual leaders that used their talents to make  the world a better place. They offer timeless wisdom about living with joy and overcoming our adversities. They express the value of laughter, compassion, love and living with a sense of adventure. They were able to eloquently craft just a few words to speak about the beauty and complexity of the human experience. In the uncertain times we live in, we could all us some inspiration, a voice of reason and encouragement. May the following  quotes inspire you and lift you up.

“Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” William James

Never regret anything that has happened in your life. It cannot be changed, undone or forgotten. So take it as a lesson learned and move on.

 

I have endured, I have been broken, I have known hardship, I have lost myself. But here I stand, still moving forward, growing stronger each day.

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style .- Maya Angelou

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.  –Marcus Aurelius

Love is life on a higher plain of existence, working through man to unite the forces of nature into a perfect whole. It is the merging force binding every element in existence into a perfect whole.- Charlie Chaplin

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”  ― Pablo Picasso

“Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.” ― Epictetus

“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.” ― Ernest Hemingway

 

“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” ― Kevyn Aucoin

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. ― Gilda Radner

 

One day it just clicks. You realize what’s important and what isn’t. You learn to care less about what other people think of you and more about what you think of yourself. You realize how far you’ve come and you remember when you thought things were such a mess that they’d never recover. And then you smile. You smile because you are truly proud of yourself and the person you’ve fought to become.
-Unknown

bible quotes about life

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12.1 msg

I will be your God through all your lifetime, yes, even when your hair is white with age. I made you and I will care for you. I will carry you along and be your Savior.
Isaiah 46:4 Living Bible (TLB)

I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 niv

 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’  Acts 17:28 New International Version (NIV)

 

I hope you enjoyed these quotes about life. May you God bless you everyday of this beautiful journey, and provide you with the wisdom and strength to do amazing things.

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