On Life Quotes

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what they have been through.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.

Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.

Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.

Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.

You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

The secret of life is... everything is out of control.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

I don’t regret any of the decisions I’ve made in my life. Because with every choice I’ve made, I’ve learned something new.

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more.

If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life.

Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.

Life and love go on, let the music play.

We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.

It is easy to cut down the tree of liberty, but not so easy to restore it to life.

A mans life will be of the character of his thought. His outward life will be as the inner impulse is.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

A martyr is the one who bears witness that the Shari'ah of Allah is more valuable to him than his own life.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

Optimism is true moral courage.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.