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113 Famous Quotes About Life That Will Inspire You
Here’re 113 famous quotes about life that are handpicked by Lifehack’s editor.
1. If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.
2. Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
—Paulo Coelho
3. Get busy living or get busy dying.
—Stephen King
4. I’ll be ok. Just not today.
—Unknown
5. Don’t let anyone ever dull your sparkle.
—Unknown
6. She is clothed with strength and dignity; She can laugh at the days to come.
—Proverbs 31:25
7. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
—Leo Buscaglia
8. I’m very picky with whom I give my energy to. I prefer to reserve my time, intensity and spirit exclusively to those who reflect sincerity.
—Dau Voire
9. Don’t waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.
—Mandy Hale
10. Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and where you want to be.
—Gossip Girl
11. Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. Let this be a sign that you’ve got a big heart and aren’t afraid to let others see it. Showing your emotions is a sign of strength.
—Brigitte Nicole
12. The 3C’s in Life: Choice, Chance, Change. You must make the choice, to take the chance, if you want anything in life to change.
—Zig Ziglar
13. Be strong & courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
—Joshua 1:9
14. In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.
—Lewis Carroll
15. One day someone is going to hug you so tight, that all of your broken pieces fit back together.
—Kathleen Long
16. The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.
—John Greene
17. Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.
—Unknown
18. You will forever be my always.
—Unknown
19. Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack.
—Seneca
20. One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.
—Unknown
21. God has placed you where you’re at in this very moment for a reason, remember that and trust he is working everything out!
—Unknown
22. Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.
—Paulo Coelho
23. You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
—Unknown
24. They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same.
—Kurt Cobain
25. An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back the difficulties, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming.
—Paulo Coelho
26. Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
—Ashley Smith
27. I smile like an idiot when I think about you.
—Unknown
28. Someone who really loves you sees what a mess you can be, how you can be, how moody you can get, how hard you are to handle, but still wants you.
—Unknown
29. I keep so much pain inside myself. I grasp my anger and loneliness and hold it in my chest. It has changed me into something I never meant to be. It has transformed me in a person I do not recognize; but I don’t know how to let it go.
—S.J.B.
30. Positive mind. Positive vibes. Positive life.
—Unknown
31. The things you take for granted someone else is praying for.
—Unknown
32. By the way, I’m wearing the smile you gave me.
—Unknown
33. Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now.
—Unknown
34. You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequence of your choice.
—Ezra Taft Benson
35. A girl’s favorite songs will tell you more about how she feels than her lips ever will.
—Unknown
36. It was rather beautiful: the way he put her insecurities to sleep. The way he dove into her eyes and starved all the fears and tasted all the dreams she kept coiled beneath her bones.
—Christopher Poindexter
37. Sometimes you meet a person and you just click — you’re comfortable with them, like you’ve known them your whole life, and you don’t have to pretend to be anyone or anything.
—Alexandra Ardonetto
38. A.S.A.P – Always say a prayer.
—Unknown
39. I knew who I was this morning but I’ve changed a few times since then.
—Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland
40. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
—Proverbs 4:23
41. Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they’ll notice. If they don’t, you know where you stand.
—Ziad K. Abdelnour
42. She acts like summer & walks like rain.
—Train, Drops of Jupiter
43. The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.
—Alysia Harris
44. If you know me you know that 1) I hate liars, 2) I’m loyal, 3) I’m honest, 4) I’m weird, 5) I hate being ignored, 6) I text back fast.
—Unknown
45. When it rains, look for Rainbows. When it’s dark, look for Stars.
—Oscar Wilde
46. Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
—Winnie the Pooh
47. When you’re happy, you enjoy the music. When you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.
—Frank Ocean
48. Don’t tell me what they said about me, tell me why they were so comfortable to say it around you.
—Jay Z
49. You hate when people see you cry because you want to be that strong girl. At the same time, though, you hate how nobody notices how torn apart and broken you are.
—Unknown
50. You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
—Christopher Columbus
51. Fear not, for I am with you. I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
—Isaiah 41:10
52. Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.
—Eleanor Roosevelt
53. Why is Monday so far from Friday, and Friday so near to Monday?
—Anonymous
54. A serious girl, when she finds someone who calms her spirit and quiets her busy thoughts, will love you so fiercely, it will defy even her own logic and reasoning.
—Michelle Dammit
55. Keep calm and think of the beach.
—Unknown
56. Stay humble. Work hard. Be kind.
—Unknown
57. Just a brunette and a blonde with an unbreakable bond. Best friends forever.
—Unknown
58. Do what you can with what you have where you are.
—Theodore Roosevelt
59. Be a girl with a mind, a woman with attitude, and a lady with class.
—Anonymous
60. Collect Moments Not Things.
—Karen Salmansohn
61. Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams, or wake up and chase them.
—Unknown
62. Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone. Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived. I live in the present and make it beautiful.
—Unknown
63. Don’t give up now.
—Unknown
64. And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.
—Kiersten White, The Chaos of Stars
65. Live in such a way that if someone spoke badly of you no one would believe it.
—Zig Ziglar
66. Good music doesn’t expiration date.
—Unknown
67. I’m stronger because I had to be. I’m smarter because of my mistakes, happier because of the sadness I’ve known, and now wiser because I learned.
—Unknown
68. Never apologize for having high standards. People who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them.
—Ziad K. Abdelnour
69. Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.
—Unknown
70. Why wish upon a star? When you can pray to the one who created it.
—Unknown
71. Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.
—John Mayer
72. When someone else’s happiness is your happiness that is love.
—Lana Del Ray
73. She’s standing on a line between giving up & seeing how much more she can take.
—Unknown
74. Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.
—Katherine Henson
75. Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
—John Lennon
76. How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
—Winnie the Pooh
77. Don’t worry when I fight with you, worry when I stop because it means there’s nothing left for us to fight for.
—Unknown
78. Your mind is a powerful thing. When You fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.
—Buddha
79. You only miss the sun when it starts to snow, only know you love her when you let her go.
—Michael David Rosenberg, Let Her Go (Passenger)
80. I will walk by faith even when I cannot see.
—2 Corinthians 5:7
81. Quiet people have the loudest minds.
—Stephen King
82. To live will be an awfully big adventure.
—Peter Pan
83. One of the hardest things to do in life is letting go of what you thought was real.
—Unknown
84. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
85. If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
—Paulo Coelho
86. The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.
—Winnie the Pooh
86. If he makes you laugh, kisses your forehead, says he’s sorry, makes an effort, holds your hand, works hard, attempts to understand you. Then, believe it or not, he’s quite perfect.
—Unknown
88. When something goes wrong in your life, just yell “Plot twist!” and move on.
—Unknown
89. Let your faith be bigger than your fear.
—Unknown
90. When God gives you a “No,” give him a “Thank you.” He was protecting you from less than his best.
—Unknown
91. The most confused we ever get is when we try to convince our heads of something our hearts know is a lie.
—Karen Marie Morning
92. Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life.
—Ziad K. Abdelnour
93. Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
—Les Brown
94. I want to show him that he has not been loved before. I want him to feel with one kiss, how I can make love to his soul for eternity.
—Unknown
95. You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars.
—E. E. Cummings
96. The true mark of maturity is when somebody hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of trying to hurt them back.
—Unknown
97. I owe no explanations for my flaws. I don’t have to justify my mistakes, my past, or my insecurities. I am growing and learning. Let me live.
—Unknown
98. The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.
—Robert Tew
99. Only those who care about you can hear you when you’re quiet.
—Unknown
100. Apologizing doesn’t always mean you’re wrong and the other person is right. It means you value your relationship more than your ego.
—Unknown
Bonus
101. It’s so amazing when someone comes to your life expecting nothing out of it but suddenly there right in front of you is everything you ever need.
—Unknown
102. Be who you are not who the world wants you to be.
—Unknown
103. We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
—Carlos Castaneda
104. As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.
—Steve Maraboli
105. Delight yourself in the Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart.
—Psalm 37:4
106. Sometimes when things are falling apart they may actually be falling into place.
—Unknown
107. Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
108. To love a person is to see all of their magic and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.
—Anonymous
109. It’s hard not to fall in love with someone when they see the mixed up parts of your soul. When they understand the darkest and dustiest corners of your minds. When it’s four a.m. and they call because they know you’re not asleep.
—J.K.
110. Give it to God and go to sleep.
—Spiritual Inspiration
111. The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.
—Elaine S. Dalton
112. If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.
—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
113. Some see a weed, some see a wish.
—Unknown
Final Thoughts
We hope that these quotes will enlighten you and inspire you to think a little differently and act a little differently, so you will be more motivated and positive about life.
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