Top 101 Life Quotes

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If you are looking for a little bit of inspiration, make sure to check out below for the top 101 life quotes.

#101 – 90. Life Quotes

101. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. Albert Einstein

100. If life were predictable, it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. Eleanor Roosevelt

99. It is not the length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

98. The people you must lie to, own you. The things you have to lie about, own you. Michael Ventura

97. 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

96. The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet. Gustave Flaubert

95. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

94. You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. Oprah Winfrey

93. It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela

92. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James

91. Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great. Simon Cowell

90. You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. William W. Purkey

#89 – 80. Life Quotes

89. When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell

88. I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein

87. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Dennis P. Kimbro

86. We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one. Tom Hiddleston

85. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Steve Jobs

84. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein

83. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Omar Khayyam

82. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Ludwig Jacobowski

81. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

80. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. Henry James

#79 – 70. Life Quotes

79. All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low. John Wooden

78. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Oscar Wilde

77. Mellow doesn’t always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life. Anne Hathaway

76. The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed. Eminem

75. The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. Helen Mirren

74. Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. Denis Waitley

73. My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi

72. When two people fall in love, past and future disappear. Paulo Coelho

71. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson

70. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao Tzu

#69 – 60. Life Quotes

69. I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney

68. Every shadow—no matter how deep—is threatened by morning light. Izzi

67. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde

66. Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Seneca

65. You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen

64. Begin at once to live and count each day as a separate life. Seneca

63. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Andre Gide

62. I tell you, in this world being a little crazy helps to keep you sane. Zsa Zsa Gabor

61. Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold. Bob Marley

60. Life is about making an impact, not making an income. Kevin Kruse

#59 – 50. Life Quotes

59. People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone’s reasons in the same box. Kevin Spacey

58. In every life, we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Bobby McFerrin

57. Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden

56. Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. Bruce Lee

55. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr.

54. Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody. Stephen Chbosky

53. Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life. Snoopy

52. Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London

51. Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. Randall G Leighton

50. I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth. Doug Hutchison

#49 – 40. Life Quotes

49. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Stephen Hawking

48. In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. Robert Frost

47. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West

46. Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. Susan Sontag

45. Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Les Brown

44. Life is too important to be taken seriously. Oscar Wilde

43. Watch what you say, and whatever you say, practice it. Soyen Shaku

42. We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare

41. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard

40. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius

#39 – 30. Life Quotes

39. Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best. H. Jackson Brown Jr.

38. I love those who can smile in trouble. Leonardo da Vinci

37. Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. Emily Dickinson

36. The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey

35. Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler

34. Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

33. There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book. Josh Jameson

32. I’ll be ok. Just not today. — Unknown

31. Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon

30. Many people are afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy is those who are afraid of the light. Plato

#29 – 20. Life Quotes

29. Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine. Mario Fernandez

28. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard

27. The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters. Audrey Hepburn

26. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

25. An unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates

24. A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou

23. The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson

22. A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin

21. Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

20. Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet. Sarah Louise Delany

#19 – 10. Life Quotes

19. It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Elizabeth Kenny

18. Get busy living or get busy dying. Stephen King

17. Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things. Kenneth Branagh

16. I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix

15. The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain

14. In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

13. Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places. — Unknown

12. Life is a progress, and not a station. Ralph Waldo Emerson

11. Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

10. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Allen Saunders

#9 – 1. Life Quotes

9. Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be. Eckhart Tolle

8. Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt

7. The big lesson in life is never be scared of anyone or anything. Frank Sinatra

6. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

5. Time is free, but it’s priceless. Harvey MacKay

4. I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive. Joan Rivers

3. Those who realize their folly are not true fools. Zhuangzi

2. To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson

1.We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one. Confucius

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