Life Quotes

"Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things." — Frank A. Clark
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." — Helen Keller
The Open Door (1957) Add Category or Author

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." — Winston Churchill
As quoted in Cracking up: American humor in a time of conflict (2006) pg. 79 Add Category or Author

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." — Audrey Hepburn
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"The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself." — Author Unknown
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"The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed." — Eminem
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"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." — Vivian Greene
Vivian Greene is the original of this quote. She even wrote a book titled, "I Am Not Anonymous" because this quote had been attributed to "Anonymous" for so many years. Add Category or Author

"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." — Bob Dylan
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (1965) Off of Dylan's album, "Bringing it all Back Home." Dylan has said that this song is one that means a great deal to him. Add Category or Author

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." — Jim Rohn
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"Be present, it is the only moment that matters." — Author Unknown
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"If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old." — James Garfield
Letter to Colonel A. F. Rockwell (13 August 1866) Garfield was a man who later became a president, but he wrote this quote in a letter while he was the representative of the 19th Ohio Congressional District. Add Category or Author

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." — C.S. Lewis
The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics (2007) pg. 158 Written in Lewis's book, "Mere Christianity," this quote shows his strong belief in the divine potential of man. Add Category or Author

"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make." — Les Brown
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"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." — Albert Einstein
As quoted in the New York Times, (June 20, 1932), pg. 17 In answer to a question asked by the editors of Youth, a journal of Young Israel of Williamsburg, NY Add Category or Author

"In the beginning you will fall into the gaps in between thoughts, after practicing for years, you become the gap." — Author Unknown
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"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense." — Thomas A. Edison
As quoted in Civilization's quotations: life's ideal (2002) pg. 218 This quotation is frequently used in an entrepreneurial sense. Add Category or Author

"Don't go through life, grow through life." — Eric Butterworth
As quoted in Congressional Record Volume 147, part 10, pg. 13998 (July 17th 2001). Add Category or Author

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." — Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken (1916) Published in Frost's Mountain Interval, the poem this quote is taken from is often used to show that the "road less traveled" can mean important things for the traveler. However, the poet admits earlier in the poem that the roads "Had worn them really about the same," and that the choice to take the road less traveled was one of future recollection, but of no less import. Add Category or Author

"Enjoy life as it is today - it is going to change!" — Stephen Ramjewan
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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." — Rabindranath Tagore
As quoted in Civilization's quotations: life's ideal (2002) pg. 41 Tagore, a Bengali philosopher and Nobel laureate, used the butterfly as a symbol frequently. Other instances of butterfly usage by Tagore include, "The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him," and "The little flower lies in the dust. It sought the path of the butterfly." Add Category or Author

"If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too." — Dr. Seuss
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