Life is such a beautiful gift, but in our hectic daily routines and stresses, we often
forget to enjoy the little things and celebrate life every once in a while.
We should never forget that there is always a balance of both good as well as bad in everybody's life. And to think that life is only made up of difficult and bad parts, is to live under an illusion. There can never just be neither good in life, nor all bad, there is always going to be both, and it is up to each of us, as to how we plan on handling our lives and how we wish to perceive it.
Here are a hundred quotes about life, that will inspire you and give you a kickstart for the day!
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ~ Mae West
If you live life to the fullest, make the most out of every opportunity you get, appreciate all that you have, and work hard, then you wouldn't have to complain for only one life being granted to us, because if you live it the right way, then it would be more than enough.
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. ~ Andre Gide
If you are appreciated by others and loved by others for something that you are not, then the value of that appreciation would mean absolutely nothing. Besides, it would just make you come off as a phony. This is why, being hated for something you are is always better than being loved for something you are not, because it does not matter whether people like you or something about you, as long as you yourself do.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein
When you ride a bicycle, you need to maintain your balance by moving forward; here, Einstein has compared life to the anatomy of a bicycle.
Life tends to work just like a bicycle does, one needs to keep moving forward in life, thereby maintaining their balance to save themselves from falling.
Where there is love there is life. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Wherever love is present, life blooms. This is because neither love nor life can survive in an environment of hatred and bitterness.
Life is all about loving the people around you and the things you have and being happy and grateful.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters. ~ Audrey Hepburn
Life is full of exciting twists and turns, challenges, and even obstacles and hindrances. But the most important aspect of life is to be happy.
No matter what you do, where you are, or who you are with, you should always be happy, and therefore, you should always choose that, what makes you happy. This is because if you are unhappy, then the main purpose of life gets defeated. And what matters the most, is simply your happiness and joy.
Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. ~ Roy T. Bennett
There are always going to be certain things in your life that you won't be able to control, but if you focus on those things too much, your attention would get divided from the things whose control still lies in your hands.
So, rather than complaining or whining about what you cannot do and cannot control, concentrate on what you can do and what you can create, and life will get a whole lot better.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ~ Anais Nin
Whether your life is going to shrink or expand, solely depends on your courage to do things.
If you have the guts and the courage to try new things and face challenges head-on, then your life will naturally expand and you will learn and grow, but if you stay in your comfort zone all the time, and are too scared of the results to try anything new at all, then your life is going to stay the same too and won't expand because that way you would not be able to discover the various possibilities of how and where life might take you.
Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people. ~ Roy T. Bennett
If you keep allowing bitterness and hatred to occupy space in your mind and heart, then it is bound to take a toll on you, thereby not only making other people's life more negative, but also your own life more difficult. But if you focus on the good aspects of people and what makes them special, instead of their flaws, then you will find life much easier and more beautiful.
The past has no power over the present moment. ~ Eckhart Tolle
The past has already been done and there is nothing one could possibly do that would change it. And the fact that the past has already passed one and is gone, is proof that it holds no power over their present, because at the end of the day, what you are right now and how you do things today is what matters the most, and not who you were or what you did yesterday.
You can have it all. Just not all at once. ~ Oprah Winfrey
No matter how hard you try or what you do, you won't be able to get everything that you wish to, all at once. You might get it after all, but not at once, or at the same time. So, focus on one thing at a time instead of trying to rush and get it all together at once.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Here, life is being compared to a game of cards.
Just like in a game of cards, having good cards does not necessarily mean that you are going to win, but what matters the most is how you manage to make your way and win even when you don't have the best cards. In a similar way, being at the best place in your life is not what matters the most, instead, how you win your way through life while you are at your lowest, is what tends to hold more importance.
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be... ~ John Lennon
You might think that where you are in your life right now, or where you have been during a certain period of time, does not or didn't seem right. But even if you sometimes might feel that way, you are never going to be at any place where you are not meant to be; everything that happens with you, is always for you, in some or the other way.
Now some Positive Life Quotes....
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. ~ Oprah Winfrey
If you keep on sulking or complaining about the things you lack or the things you are unable to get, you won't have enough time to focus on things that you already have! This is why, you should always be grateful for all that you have because if you get greedy and keep wanting what you don't have, then you will never be satisfied with life and all that it has to offer to you.
It is not the length of life, but the depth. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The quantity does not matter, as long as the quality is well off. And that applies to living one's life as well; as long as one is living their life to the fullest, enjoying every bit of it regardless of how good or bad it is, learning and improving, and is able to appreciate all that he/she gets from life, then how long or short their life is wouldn't really matter that much.
Life has no remote.... get up and change it yourself! ~ Mark A. Cooper
A remote is usually used to change the channels of a television, but unlike that, life does not have a remote control, which means that we must fend for ourselves. If there is something that you don't like about you or your life, then you should try to work on it and either change or improve that particular aspect, because simply complaining about it isn't going to make anything better.
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. ~ Amy Tan
If you feel that there is nothing you can do about a certain situation, then you are wrong, because although there might be times when some things are out of your control, but that does not mean you are helpless, for you can always do something about it.
If you cannot change fate, then you can certainly change your attitude and perception towards that particular situation or instance! And changing the way you see or perceive something, tends to make a huge difference.
Happiness depends on your mindset and your attitude. ~ Roy T. Bennett
How happy you are in your life, is only ever in your own control and nobody else's because it is you who has the power over your thoughts and attitude. Your thoughts tend to get reflected in your actions, so, if you have an optimistic and positive mindset, then your actions are bound to be likewise, thereby brining you more positive energy in return. But if you choose to be pessimistic and have a negative approach towards people and life in general, then you cannot expect life to be happy either.
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. ~ Brian Tracy
One should neither complain nor explain because instead of complaining, one should simply do something about it or try to change it. There are always going to be some people who don't see eye to eye with you and won't agree with you but that does not mean you are wrong or you have to explain yourself to anyone because you are only answerable to yourself and nobody else.
And when you know for a fact you are wrong; you should never make excuses and always accept your mistakes and try to improve them.
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain. ~ Vivian Greene
Here, the storm is being referred to as the tough times and the obstacles that one tends to face in their life.
Instead of waiting for the storm to pass, i.e., for the bad times to pass you, you could simply face them and learn from them! Challenges in your life are always going to help you improve and grow more, so, rather than being afraid of them, you should try to endure them with all your might and focus on the silver lining.
Our life is what our thoughts make it. ~ Marcus Aurelius
The way we think tends to have a monumental impact on the way we act and on our life in general because our perspective regarding things and our attitude towards others is what also determines how we get treated in return.
If you have a positive mindset and attitude in general, then your life is bound to be brighter and happier. Whereas if you keep your thoughts clouded with negativity, then that is bound to affect your life too.
Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift. ~ Roy T. Bennett
Being grateful for something means that you appreciate and acknowledge that particular thing. But it does not mean that it is always going to be something good. For instance, you might be facing a tough time, but you can still be grateful for the lesson it teaches you and for the path that it paves for you further.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~ Brian Tracy
People who are successful and happy in life are always going to be willing to help others and will never miss an opportunity to showcase their kindness and compassion. And they will always put others first and help someone out without being bothered about getting something in return.
But unsuccessful people on the other hand, will always look after their own benefits first and will only do something for someone if it they are gaining something from it too.
Some Inspirational and Motivational Life Quotes....
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. ~ Joseph Campbell
When you believe in yourself and are determined and driven enough to do something, the universe will help you out in some or the other way and open new doors for you through ways which you thought would only bring you down.
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~ William Shakespeare
Even a tiny candle is more than enough to lighten up a room full of darkness through its beam. In a similar way, one good deed, even if it is a little one, is more than enough to spread positivity and light in the world. This is how powerful a simple act of goodness and kindness tends to be.
Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. ~ Steve Jobs
Here, other people's opinions are being referred to as noise because noise often tends to be unpleasant and even unbearable; one should never let the unpleasantness of other's opinions come in the way of their own inner voice, and peace of their own mind and soul.
The best way to predict your future is to create it. ~ Abraham Lincoln
If you wish to know to predict or desire to know what your future might look like or what it holds for you, then the best way to know so, is to simply work towards creating and developing the future you wish to have.
You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. ~ Bear Grylls
A horseman is someone who is a skilled horseback rider, and in order for one to be skilled and used to riding the back of a horse, they would need a lot of practice, wherein they are also likely to fall down a lot of times. But that does not mean one should give up after falling down.
Life tends to work in a similar way too; you are likely to fall down, fail, and face many hindrances, but you must always get up and continue, and never lose hope.
The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realise, the less I know. ~ Michel Legrand
Legrand has quite elegantly shared his experience in life, which also happens to be true in general; the more people live, the more they are likely to learn and grow. But the more they learn, the more they are going to realise, how less they know. This is because once you learn something new, you realise that there is so many other new things to learn, so many other things to discover, lessons to learn, etc.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. ~ Annie Dillard
Our days are what makes and sums up our lives. This is why, how we choose to spend and live our days, is ultimately how we choose to spend our lives too.
This way one should always live each and every day to the fullest and live in their present with what they have got, rather than trying to control what they know they won't be able to.
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. ~ Gerard Way
Nothing and nobody in life is going to be perfect, and there are always going to somethings in life that are not the way you want them to be. But being happy does not mean that everything in your life is the way you want it to be or is perfect. Instead, being happy refers you being able to see beyond those imperfections, being able to accept life for what it is, and being content with all that you have and all that life has to offer you.
Never let hard lessons harden your heart; the hard lessons of life are meant to make you better, not bitter. ~ Roy T. Bennett
You should never let the tough and challenging parts of your life discourage or dishearten you because they are meant to shape you into a better person and help you grow and improve in your life.
This is why, you should always learn from your failures and the hindrances you face, because they tend to play a vital role in your development.
Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present. ~ Buddha
The past has already been done and there is absolutely nothing you could do, that would help you change it or undo it, which is why, it is futile to dwell and sulk over the past.
And the future has not arrived yet, which is why, incessantly dreaming and obsessing over that is not going to help you in any way either.
So, you should channel all your focus and energy on your present, which you have in your control, and live in the moment.
The more you concentrate on your present, the better you would be doing than yesterday, and the more you would be preparing yourself for tomorrow.
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. ~ Lou Holtz
Life is indeed about what happens to you and what you go through, but it is more about how you respond to the actions taking place in your life, and your attitude and perception towards life in general.
For instance, if life puts you under pressure, then it is up to you to face it head-on and not give up and learn from it.
A life spent making mistake is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Making mistakes signifies that you tried doing something and eventually learned from it. This is why, a life spent making mistakes is considered to be more honourable and useful than one spent doing nothing. Because the former shows that you at least attempted to do something which is always way better than doing nothing at all; your effort and determination is what tends to matter the most.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the daily details of life. ~ William Morris
The more you pay attention on the smaller details of daily life and the more you take interest into the beauties of life, the happier you are bound to get.
This is because true happiness lies in appreciating the little things life has to offer to you, and thoroughly rejoicing life for what it is, while living every moment to its fullest.
Some more Life Quotes on the way....
There are three constants in life… change, choice, and principles. ~ Stephen Covey
In life, there are three constants namely change, choice, and principles.
Life is all about change, and change tends to welcome growth, learning, and improving in life.
Then comes choice; one always has a choice, no matter what situation they are in, and they themselves hold the ability to make the right choices.
And then are one's principles and ideals which tend to play the most important role in one's life because they tend to define your character and reflect your thoughts and beliefs in your actions.
Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them. ~ Steve Maraboli
Having no problems at all is not true happiness because it is not possible to never have any problem in life. Instead, being able to deal with your problems, face them head-on, and not get discouraged by them is what real happiness is.
There are always going to be some or the other obstacles or problems in life, but what matters is that you keep your calm and then deal with them.
Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for. ~ Susane Colasanti
Life is all about taking risks and if you don't take one, you will never know what the outcome could have been. This is why, if you take a risk, you might just find out what you are looking for after all. And if not, then you would just be learning something new or learning a lesson. Either way, you should always try getting out of your comfort zone and take risks.
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them. ~ Jennifer Lopez
It's the rule of life that what you give to others, that is exactly what you are going to get back in some or the other way.
And in the same way, what you put into something, is what you are also going to get out of it; if you put your honest efforts and hard work along with determination and dedication into your work, then you are going to get an effective and fruitful result in return too!
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. ~ Beverly Sills
There going to be times when something does not go the way you wanted it to, and you might even fail or make a huge mistake and end up getting upset or disappointed. But that way, at least you would have tried and if not achieved the desired result, at least you would have gotten something out of it, such as a lesson or a learning. However, if you never try at all, you will never know and then there would be no room for learning or growth.
Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it. ~ Steve Maraboli
The way you perceive things and people around you is of utter importance because that also tends to determine the intensity of something that happens with you, to some extent.
For instance, if you have a negative mindset then no matter what happens, you will always be unsatisfied and unhappy with things in your life. But if you keep an optimistic and a positive mindset, then even if there is an obstacle, you are bound to focus on the silver lining in that. This is why, the way you think and perceive tends to affect the way you act and take things in a major way.
To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around. ~ Richie Norton
If you wish to get over your inhibitions and escape your fears, you need to fight them head-on, face them, challenge them, and most importantly, go through them. Only then will you truly be able to overcome your fears.
You need to go through your fears, and not go around them or try to run away from them if you wish to escape them.
You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you ~ Maxwell Maltz
Always remember that it is you who makes mistakes and never your mistakes who make you.
Your mistakes never define you. Instead, they only help shape a better version of you and grant you more room for improvement and development.
This is why, never think that your mistakes or failures define you, because they don't.
Be the kind of person who dares to face life's challenges and overcome them rather than dodging them. ~ Roy T. Bennett
Dodging or avoiding obstacles is not going to help you because that way you would just be getting rid of them temporarily and they will catch up to you sooner or later. Instead, you should always be the kind of person who fights back and tries their best to overcome them because that way, you would be able to get rid of them once and for all.
Running away form your fears or challenges is never the way but facing them and fighting them always is.
Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ~ Roy T. Bennett
No matter how grave or difficult a situation might look like, if you keep an optimistic attitude and try to look for the silver lining and the necessity behind that situation, you will get through it and overcome it.
All you need to do is stay positive and have faith in yourself, and you will automatically start to see changes take place around you.
When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it. ~ Joan Marques
Here, rain is compared to the problems and the challenges that one tends to face in their life; it is not in your hand whether or not you can choose to face a problem or not because that's not how life works, but it is in your control, how you choose to perceive the situation.
You can either face your problems and overcome them, i.e., dance in the rain, or you could simply complain about it and do nothing about it, i.e., hate rain.
A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length. ~ Gabrielle Zevin
Life is never about the number of hours, months, or years. It is instead the quality of your life that tends to matter the most.
If you live your life well enough and to the fullest, then the quantity wouldn't matter, because the quality is that overpowering.
Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won't fail forever. ~ Lana Del Ray
The true meaning of being brave isn't that you never fail, it is instead, the fact that even if you fail, you will succeed too. That is what true strength is about, being able to accept the situation for what it is, learning from it, and knowing that it won't be like that forever and that if you are going through a bad time, then good times will arrive shortly to compensate for the bad ones.
Yesterday was a closed book, tomorrow, however, was another story. ~ Cecelia Ahern
Yesterday has already passed and there is absolutely nothing that you could do that is going to change your past in any way whatsoever. This is why yesterday is being referred to as a closed book here. Tomorrow, however, is referred to as another story because your future is considered to be the beginning of a chapter, which unlike your past, is still in your control.
Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within ~ Helen Keller
True happiness does not come from outside, rather, it tends to radiate from the inside, as a by-product of your own thoughts, your mindset and attitude towards things and people, and your way of living life. This is why it is always said that one should believe in themselves and always keep a positive mindset towards life in general, and they will thrive with happiness.
Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end. ~ Deborah Moggach
In the end, no matter how difficult a time you have seen, all the adversities of life are bound to pass, and everything will be alright. So, if at the moment, if it does not feel like it and feels tough and upsetting, then it is simply not the end.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
You must have strong faith and belief in something so that it drives you to do something in life, and you should be enthusiastic and excited enough to do that something, in order to make life truly worth living and enjoying.
Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone's advice, then bother to listen to it. ~ Sophie Kinsella
If you bother to ask for someone else's advice on something, then you must bother to listen to it, even if their viewpoint does not match yours, you at least should listen to them and try seeing things their way.
You either ask someone for help and then take it when they offer it to you, or you don't ask at all, there is no in between.
The level of success you achieve will be in direct proportion to the depth of your commitment. ~ Roy T. Bennett
The more you work for something, the more you put in your efforts, time, and energy into something, and the more you are determined and dedicated to doing something, the better its result is going to be and the fruitful your work is going to prove. Therefore, your success depends on the amount of time and commitment you put into your work.
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The amount of courage and work it takes to try something and succeed in it is the same it takes to try something and not succeed and fail in it because at the end of the day, the process and the effort matters more than the result.
No matter what happened yesterday it is insignificant when compared to what lies within the core of your being today. ~ Sandy Brewer
Whatever happened yesterday, is done and it has passed, which is why yesterday is regarded as insignificant because it is who you are today and what you do today to make both this day as well as tomorrow a better day that matters the most.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. ~ Anatloe France
Change is inevitable, and it is the way of life and change is the only way to improve, learn, and grow in life. And by learning and growing, one is able to live life truly for what it is.
If there is no change, then there would be no growth and development either. And if there is no growth, then you wouldn't really be living your life to the fullest.
This is why change is an important milestone in everyone's life.
Nobody is exempt from the trials of life, but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times. ~ Roy T. Bennett
Everyone has to go through something or the other in their life, both the good and the bad. This is because that's the way of life and nobody is free of hindrances or difficulties in their life. But how to handle that situation is always in our own control; how we choose to let the situation affect us is up to us.
We might not be able to stop the inevitable from taking place, but what we could do is try to look at the bigger picture and find something positive in even the toughest times, and that is bound to make it at least a little better and bearable.
When life doesn't meet your expectations, it is important to take it with grace. ~ Patricia Briggs
Life is not always going to go according to the way you want it to go and there is always going to some stage or time in life when your expectations are not met. But it is extremely important that you take that time in stride and accept life for what it is, and take up whatever it is that life is offering you in grace, even if it isn't what you anticipated it to be.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ~ Anthony Robbins
Your moments of decision are of utmost importance because it is exactly these moments of decision making that are going to shape and decide the future that you wish to have. This is why you should always think it thoroughly and analyse everything before you decide to do something because you are always one decision away from whole different life.
Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone. ~ Shannon L. Alder
If you never attempt to do something different or something new, then you will never truly be able to discover your potentials; if you wish to live life in its true essence, then you must step outside your comfort zone and try out new and challenging things, without fearing the consequences because at the end of the day, it is your efforts and determination that tend to matter the most.
Know who you are and be it. Know what you want and go out and get it! ~ Carroll Bryant
You ought to know yourself in and out and then you must be the person you know you are, and never try to be someone else or a projection of what somebody else wants you to be.
Similarly, you must know what you want, and you must want it bad enough, and then you should go after it with all your might and get it!
Scars show us where we have been, they do not dictate where we are going. ~ David Rossi
Your mistakes, your failures, and the scars that you have endured only show where you have come from and what condition you have bounced back from. They never show you where you are going to go or what you are going to do further in your life because your scars and mistakes never determine who you are, they simply help you learn and grow in life.
Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships. ~ Steve Maraboli
Here Maraboli asks us to be the leader of our own lives; a leader is someone who leads and decides on important things and someone who people look up to. Similarly, one should be able to lead their own life and decide and do things according to their way, follow their dreams and ambitions, and be the leader of their life.
A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits. ~ Napoleon Hills
A person who gets discouraged very easily, keeps on giving up and quits more often than trying, is never likely actually to experience victory. An individual who never quits and always gets up no matter how many times he/she falls, on the other hand, is always a winner.
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them ~ Denis Waitley
You can either accept a situation for what it is and endure it with grace, or you can accept the responsibility and the work that is needed to put in to change the situation if you are not satisfied with the way it is. Either way, you always have a choice, and it is up to you, how you wish to perceive something and whether you wish to do something about it or not.
Even a snail will eventually reach its destination. ~ Gail Tsukiyama
A snail is considered the slowest animal in terms of its pace, but even with such a slow speed, it is bound to reach its destination sooner or later. This is why, even if you feel like you are going slow, you do not have to worry because if you are doing all that you need to and giving it your best, then you will reach where you want to and you will achieve what you desire to, regardless of how fast or slow you are going.
Whoever debases others is debasing himself. ~ James Baldwin
If someone is belittling or degrading someone else simply because their perception does not match or they don't agree with that person, then they are automatically degrading themselves too.
Everyone is unique in their own way, and nobody should judge anybody else for doing something differently.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. ~ H. L. Mencken
The length of your life is not in your control, which is why you cannot do anything about that, but the depth, i.e., how you choose to spend your life is always in your control. Besides, it is always the quality that tends to matter the most and never the quantity.
Rule your mind or it will rule you. ~ Horace
If you don't take control of your thoughts and your mind, your mind will definitely take control over you. This is why it is incredibly important for you to believe in yourself, trust yourself, and be aware of your true worth or your fears and doubts will dictate your actions.
Sometimes letting go is simply changing the labels you place on an event. Looking at the same event with fresh eyes. ~ Steve Maraboli
Letting go does not always mean that you leave a certain situation be and accept it for what it is. Sometimes, letting go means that you simply change your perspective towards that particular situation and look at in a new and in a fresher and a better way.
After all, it all depends on how you choose to see something and take something.
Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life. ~ Natalie Babbitt
Death is inevitable and cannot be avoided by anybody, and that is why it is not something to be feared of because we all know that it is going to come to us someday or the other. But not living your life to the fullest is something that everyone should fear because that is not something inevitable and you can always do something about it.
Don't simply exist, rather, be alive.
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. ~ Marvin Gaye
If you don't find peace within yourself and are not happy with yourself, then you are not going to be able to find peace anywhere else either and nobody else is going to be able to make you happy either. This is because happiness and peace tend to come from within oneself and not from the outside.
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. ~ Simone de Beauvoir
If you wish to do something about your life or change it, then change it today instead of waiting for tomorrow to arrive because the future is never promised and it is not always going to go the way you anticipated it to, which is why, it is extremely important for you to neither delay nor procrastinate and act on things today, right now, rather than waiting for tomorrow.
Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. ~ Mitch Albom
Here, the past is being referred to as wanting to go back, and the future refers to moving forward.
Once you have found true meaning in your life and have a real and definitive purpose, then you would not want to go backwards, and only would want to move further in life.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ~ Oprah Winfrey
This moment, that you have as of right now is the crucial moment because if you give the moment you have right now your best, only then will you be able to be in a similar place in the next moment. For you to have a better tomorrow, you need to put in the work and effort for that in the today that you have.
Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realise your potential. ~ Jeanette Walls
Sometimes a little pressure and complexity is good for you because people often tend to act more smartly and effectively when they are put under constructive pressure.
The more challenges and difficulties you face, the more you are able to realise your true potential and true value, and the more you are bound to grow and learn in life.
The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it bad enough, there are no limits on what you want to achieve. ~ Brian Tracy
The only actual limitation on you wanting to do something is you not wanting it enough; if you desire something and want it badly enough to be able to give it your best and you're all, then you will get it no matter what, and nothing and nobody would be able to stop you from achieving it. But you must want it bad enough for that to happen.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. ~ Dolly Parton
If you are unsatisfied or unhappy with who you are, then change yourself. If you are unhappy with what you are doing, then do something else. And if you don't like where you are going, then change your destination!
Never whine or complain about any situation; instead, spend that amount of time in trying to change that situation in the way you want it to be.
Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you. ~ Steve Maraboli
Always love and accept yourself and learn to forgive yourself; be true and honest to yourself and believe in yourself. If you don't treat your own self nicely, then you cannot expect somebody else to either.
Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can. ~ Becca Fitzpatrick
Sometimes you need to go through tough times and difficult situations in order to arrive to the destination of good things. But if there is bad, then the good will come soon too, to compensate for the bad. It might take some time, but there will be a rainbow after a storm.
It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Instead of sulking or complaining about your flaws and imperfections, you should always channel your focus and attention on your strengths and all the things that you can do.
It is not worth the energy to let your flaws disturb the peace of your mind; you should accept yourself truly and happily.
Your Life Is Happening Right Now: Don't let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and take risks. Your life is happening right now. ~ Roy T. Bennett
Don't delay or procrastinate things, especially when you know you can attend to them now! Always try out new things and take risks, step out of your comfort zone, and explore because that is how you will discover yourself and grow in life.
Few more Quotes about Life...Hope you are enjoying reading them!
Life isn't about what you get, it's about what you DO with what you get. ~ Stephanie Perkins
Life is more about what you choose to do about all that you are getting, and less about what it is that you are getting; at the end of the day, how you utilise something is of more importance because that shows how serious you are about it and how much you want it. So when life gives you something that you have always wanted, make use of it wisely.
Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind. ~ Roy T. Bennett
If you give power to your fears, doubts, and other such negative thoughts, then there would be no room left for any positive thoughts and the former will end up controlling your actions and your life too.
Suppose you wish to have a positive life. In that case, it is necessary for you to have an optimistic and positive mindset and attitude to because you cannot expect to lead a happy and positive life with a negative and bitter mindset.
But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything. ~ Jim Butcher
The only way to never make a mistake or never do anything wrong is never to attempt to do anything at all in the first place because if you are going to do something, it might not always turn out to be the way you wanted it to and it might not always be right either. But that is alright because without mistakes and failures there is no growth and that is why they are a necessary aspect of life too.
Change course, but don't give up. ~ Roy T. Bennett
If you are on your way to do something, but it is not going your way at all and you don't see much progress in that direction, then simply change your course and where you are going but never give up or get discouraged by failures and setbacks because they only help you improve and grow more.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~ Anne Bradstreet
Here, a seasonal and weather-related reference has been given in relation to failures and success in one's life.
Until and unless you go through tough and dark times, you won't be able to truly appreciate the good times and the light in your life, which is why the former is just as important as the latter.
How much you can learn when you fail determines how far you will go into achieving your goals. ~ Roy T. Bennett
When you make a mistake or fall down, it is at that time that you have to learn from your failures and try to improve, and not whine or sulk about it. This is because how much you can accept and learn from your failures tends to determine how further you are likely to go in life and how much room for improvement there really is.
We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realise that we only have one. ~ Tom Hiddleston
When we realise that we only have one life and that our time is limited in this world, we start to live the other life that we have truly and to its fullest!
This is why Hiddleston has said that we have two lives because it takes us to waste one to realise that the other one is the only one left and we won't get it back once we lose it.
Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are. ~ Turcois Ominek
If someone is unable to realise your worth and cannot seem to accept you for who you are, then it is their loss, and it is not your duty to make them see or understand that.
Instead of wasting your time on such people who don't even appreciate you truly, start focusing on yourself more and give your time to those people who actually value you.
When you take control of your attitude, you take control of your life. ~ Roy T. Bennett
The moment you take control over your attitude and change the way you see and perceive things, you will automatically see your life get in your control too and you will notice a change in your life too.
The aim of life is self-development. To realise one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for. ~ Oscar Wilde
The main goal of your life is self-development and self-actualisation, and that is what each of us is here for, to be able to realise our potentials and capabilities truly.
The main aim of our lives is to be able to be the best version of ourselves!
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. ~ Mary Tyler Moore
To be brave is to be able to face your fears and problems and fight them. For that, you need to experience adversities and difficulties because only then can you truly become courageous and strong, once you learnt to face your failures as well as your fears; you cannot become brave if you have never witnessed hard times in your life.
Don't wait for things to happen. Make them happen. ~ Roy T. Bennett
If you keep waiting for things to happen in your life, then you would be left waiting for the rest of your life because things don't just happen for you, you have to do something about them and make them happen! So, instead of waiting and wasting your time, start working and you will see the change for yourself.
Enjoy your life without comparing it with that of another. ~ Marquis de Condorcet
If you keep on comparing your life with that of somebody else, you would never be able to experience true happiness. This is why, instead of pointing out what you don't have in life, focus on everything that you have in life and enjoy it to the fullest, and never compare it with that of anybody else's.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you will make one. ~ Elbert Hubbard
The only grave mistake you should never make in life is to keep fearing that you might make one.
If you keep on overthinking about what if you made a mistake, you would never be able to enjoy and live life for what it is genuinely. Besides, everybody makes mistakes, and they are simply a part of everyone's life, but they never define you.
You change your life by changing your heart. ~ Max Lucado
As soon as you change your heart from filling it with hatred and negativity to filling it with pep and positivity, you will notice your life-changing too!
It's just a matter of how you let things affect you and change you.
Life should be great rather than long. ~ B. R. Ambedkar
Instead of wishing for long life, you should focus on making your life greater and more joyous.
At the end of the day, the quantity would cease to matter if the quality is good enough.
If you don't run your own life somebody else will. ~ John Atkinson
If you don't lead and run your life, then somebody else will do it for you. This is why never hand over the steering wheel of your life in anybody else's hands and live your own life for your own self!
Co-author: Khushi Shah
Khushi has just passed her school and is now studying at PDPU. Apart from writing, she likes to sketch and dance. She also has other blogs where she posts proses and poetry.
