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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.
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#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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