100+ great quotes about life.

Have you ever thought of something great that you would like to do, but no one seems to be supporting you? Maybe furthering your education, investing, traveling, starting a business, moving out of town, starting a relationship, etc. Yes, I have been there. It's normal for us not to get the support of family members and friends for many of the journeys that we will take in this life. There are those of us who are only used to being criticized by those who should be on our team carrying the banner but don't lose hope. If you are one such person, I would like to encourage you not to give up on your dreams because of a lack of support. Sometimes your biggest supporters are those who you have never met in your life. Do your thing, the right people will stand in your corner even if they are strangers.

“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

― Maya Angelou

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― Haruki Murakami

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“‎Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
― Chico Xavier

“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.”
― C. JoyBell C.

Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought. Charles K. Kao

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
― Plato

“If you don’t like your destiny, don’t accept it. Instead have the courage to change it the way you want it to be.”
– Naruto

“If you don’t like the hand that fate’s dealt you with, fight for a new one.”
– Naruto

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Marcus Aurelius

“Somebody told me I’m a failure, I’ll prove them wrong.”
– Naruto

“Failing doesn’t give you a reason to give up, as long as you believe.”
– Naruto

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius

“Don’t underestimate me! I don’t quit and I don’t run.”
– Naruto

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
― Marcus Aurelius,

When information is infinite, individual pieces of information are worth nothing. Charles K. Kao

“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
― Peter Shaffer

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
― Marcus Aurelius

“We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.”
― Santosh Kalwar

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed paths. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”
― Anonymous

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
― Max Planck

“It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.”
― Max Planck

“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.”
― Max Planck

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
― Bertrand Russell

“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
― Bertrand Russell

“It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.”
― Bertrand Russell

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
― Bertrand Russell

“The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge”
― Bertrand Russell

“Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.”
― Bertrand Russell

“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”
― Bertrand Russell

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.”
― Russell Bertrand

Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. ― Russell Bertrand

“A wise man once said that the best definition of insanity was performing the same action over and over again, expecting different results."

“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”
― Roy T. Bennett

When you are young, you are fervent about the things you believe in. Charles K. Kao

“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”
― Dr. Roopleen

“When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become as strong as they can be.”

– Naruto

“Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon

“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― Paulo Coelho

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein

“A wise man once said that we can't make anyone feel or do anything. We can throw things into the wind, but it's up to each person to decide how they want to react, where they want to stand when things fall.”― Jonathan Maberry

“If you don’t like your destiny, don’t accept it. Instead have the courage to change it the way you want it to be.”

– Naruto

Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive someday. Ronnie Milsap

They say love will find a way. I know determination will. Ronnie Milsap

This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances. Ronnie Milsap

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Jimi Hendrix

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them. Bob Dylan

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. Bob Dylan

Money doesn't talk, it swears. Bob Dylan

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it. Bob Dylan

It's hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring. Bob Dylan

“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail Van Buren

“A wise man once said, 'Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.”― Miranda Kenneal

“It’s not the face that makes someone a monster, it’s the choices they make with their lives.”

– Naruto

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
― Paulo Coelho

“While you’re alive, you need a reason for your existence. Being unable to find one is the same as being dead.”
– Naruto

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentleman.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucious

“A wise man once said, it’s not the despair that destroys you, it’s the hope.” ― K.J. Parkerly

“Angry people are not always wise.”
― Jane Austen

“Once you question your own belief it’s over.”

– Naruto

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi

“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
― Martin Luther King Jr

“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“The things that are most important aren’t written in books. You have to learn them by experiencing them yourself.”
– Sakura Haruno

“While you’re alive, you need a reason for your existence. Being unable to find one is the same as being dead.”
-Naruto

“When I Had Nothing And No One, I Always Had Pain.”
-Naruto

“Sometimes You Must Hurt In Order To Know, Fall In Order To Grow, Lose In Order To Gain, Because Life’s Greatest Lessons Are Learned Through Pain.”
– Naruto

“Failing doesn’t give you a reason to give up, as long as you believe.”
– Naruto

“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
― Lao Tzu

“A wise man once said that if a book was not worth reading twice it was not worth reading once.”― Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson

“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
― Paulo Coelho

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”
― Jimi Hendrix

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
― Sharon Salzberg

“Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.”
― Rick Riordan

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
― Maya Angelou

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
― Francis Bacon

“Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
― Jean Jacques Rousseau

“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.”
― Richard Bach,

“A wise man once said NOTHING... He just let her vent, nodded his head and live happily ever after!” ― Tanya Masse

“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

When you are young, you are fervent about the things you believe in. Charles K. Kao

Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver

Education is the key to unlocking the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply a service that measures success. George Washington Carver

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people, they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough. George Washington Carver

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it. George Washington Carver

God cannot use you as He wishes until you come into the fullness of His Glory. Do not get alarmed, my friend, when doubts creep in. That is old Satan. Pray, pray, pray. George Washington Carver

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. William Hazlitt

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. William Hazlitt

Grace in women has more effect than beauty. William Hazlitt

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. William Hazlitt

The more we do, the more we can do. William Hazlitt

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. William Hazlitt

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. William Hazlitt

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. William Hazlitt

A wise traveler never despises his own country. William Hazlitt

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offense; a vain man, in order that it may. William Hazlitt

Peace is our gift to each other. Elie Wiesel

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. Elie Wiesel

For me, every hour is grace. Elie Wiesel

I write to understand as much as to be understood. Elie Wiesel

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life. Elie Wiesel

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H. P. Lovecraft

Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. H. P. Lovecraft

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. Jack Kerouac

All human beings are also dreaming beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. Jack Kerouac

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. Richard Bach

True love stories never have endings. Richard Bach

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. Richard Bach

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true. Richard Bach

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. Richard Bach

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. Richard Bach

To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. Richard Bach

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. Richard Bach

In order to win, you must expect to win. Richard Bach

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. Richard Bach

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose. Richard Bach

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Jack London

Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand. Jack London

Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself? Jack London

No one can figure out your worth but you. Pearl Bailey

If your dream is only about you, it's too small. Ava DuVernay

Creativity is energy. It's precious energy, and it's something to be protected. A lot of people take for granted that they're creative people, but I know from experience, feeling it in myself, it is magic; it is an energy. And it can't be taken for granted. Ava DuVernay

I love to see people just being regal in their own skin; it's just when they know who they are. Ava DuVernay

If you're not out there taking some risks, if you're just coasting along with your wins, then you're not really trying. Ron Howard

We're all constantly keeping score. You can't help it. But trying to pit ourselves against other people in some measurable way is largely a waste of time. Ron Howard

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