Life is the period between birth and death, or the experience or state of being alive. Inspirational short quotes about life will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Famous Short Quotes About Life
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. Dalai Lama
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon
The only joy in the world is to begin. Cesare Pavese
Get busy living or get busy dying. Stephen King
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. Albert Camus
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Albert Einstein
It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Lucille Ball
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. Babe Ruth
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results. Denis Waitley
Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there. Will Smith
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Steve Jobs
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them. Seneca
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Seneca
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. Eleanor Roosevelt
Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. Dr. Robert Anthony
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. Henry Ford
Happiness is a state of activity. Aristotle
In order to write about life first you must live it. Ernest Hemingway
The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight. Epictetus
The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything. Frank Sinatra
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt
Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth. Attributed to various sources
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Leo Burnett
It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. L.M. Montgomery
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Soren Kierkegaard
The best thing in life aren’t things. John Ruskin
The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli
Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can. Hillary Clinton
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Albert Schweitzer
Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something. Ashton Kutcher
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. Heraclitus
Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. Kevin Hart
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James Baldwin
Everything negative pressure, challenges is all an opportunity for me to rise. Kobe Bryant
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran
I like criticism. It makes you strong. LeBron James
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. Roy Croft
You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. George Clooney
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides
Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this. Celine Dion
Love is a friendship set to music. Joseph Campbell
Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty. John F. Kennedy
The more one judges, the less one loves. Honore de Balzac
Live for each second without hesitation. Elton John
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you I could walk through my garden forever. Alfred Tennyson
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. Albert Einstein
Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself. Andre Breton
Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated. Confucius
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller
If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. Benjamin Franklin
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. Steve Jobs
If I know what love is, it is because of you. Herman Hesse
My mama always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. Forrest Gump
No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are. Yanni
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. LaoTze
If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. Bruce Lee
When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or the life of another. Helen Keller
The best proof of love is trust. Joyce Brothers
The healthiest response to life is joy. Deepak Chopra
Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever. Leo Buscaglia
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. Lillian Dickson
Love does not dominate; it cultivates. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love. Wordsworth
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage Anais Nin