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“If you learn life’s lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it’s life that’s pushing.”
Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life — bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live them — then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.”
Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 95 (1994 edition)
“I just like not having a dependency on other forms of life. I like having a compassionate way of life. I am into a lot of human rights stuff and whatever I think, it is important for me to follow through with my diet and the way I live.”
Andy Hurley (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The less life in a person, the more he will try to live off your life.”
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I consider that goodness of being and doing constitute the rock-bottom of one’s life. By goodness I mean the capacity to feel with others and to live and feel as others do, and be in a position to act so that no one is hurt by the act. (What Life Has Taught Me)”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truth be told, having two passports in Japan is not necessarily a problem. If one lived a quiet life, one could conceivably keep renewing a non-Japanese passport ad infinitum. The USG permits dual citizenship and doesn't go out of its way to tell other governments about the nationalities of their citizens. However, as you know, I don't live a quiet life.”
Debito Arudou (born 1965) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How to Lose Your American Passport", Debito.org (2003-01-10)
“Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be; Yet oh, how dear it is to us, this life we live and see!”
Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Intelligence is attractive, but so is life experience. You can’t amass it just by reading a ton of books. But you can live a lot of life in a short time. Travel. Talk to everyone. Collect adventures, and use them to understand the world. That’s how you learn to treat people well. And that’s sexy.”
Nicole Lapin (born 1984) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Men's Health Magazine. (September 2007)
“We're old souls in a new life baby. They gave us a new life To live and learn.”
Paul Williams (songwriter) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we live a life full of regret, full of things we haven't done, if we've lived an unfulfilled life, when death comes along, it's a lot worse. I think it's true for all of us.”
Irvin D. Yalom (born 1931) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How to Die, The Atlantic, October 2017 Issue
“When you live your life acting upon your deepest intuitions, no decision you ever make in life will be feared or a risk.”
Keshia Chante (born 1988) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Official Website (2009)
“I have felt that some sort of awful shame is attached to my name and that I have somehow brought this shame along from somewhere I have never been, and that I have carried this sin as my sin even though I have never committed it; this sin pursues me all my life, which life is undoubtedly not my own even thought I live it , I suffer from it die of it.”
Imre Kertész (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I live the fast life, keep my shit tight Never steer left 'cause I'm always right Damn, I'm so fine, and I'ma stay shinin' Let the party keep goin', flowin' Livin' life like whoa No stress, so I never feel old "Slow down" is what I been told Fuck that, I keep it outta control Like whoa (Come on)”
Eamon (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must surrender our whole being to Christ Jesus, and cease to live any longer in ourselves, that He may become our life; that being dead, " our life may be hid with Christ in God.”
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon (1648–1717) said by 1717 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.”
Sheldon B. Kopp (1929–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I was not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours ... In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) said by 1862 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was no answer, except the general answer life gives to all the most complex and insoluble questions. That answer is: one must live for the needs of the day, in other words, become oblivious. To become oblivious in dreams was impossible now, at least till night-time; it was impossible to return to that music sung by carafe-women; and so one had to become oblivious in the dreams of life.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pain is good, I'd say, when it's incidental to Love. In 'I give up my life for my friend' it is my friend, not my death, that matters. And sometimes I needn't give up my life for him, I can live for him, and with him, and the power of the spirit is then equally manifested, I should think.”
E. M. Forster (1879–1970) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter 285, to George Thomson, 1 August 1931
“At the edge of life you feel that you are no longer master of the life within you, that subjectivity is an illusion, and that uncontrollable forces are seething inside you, evolving with no relation to a personal center or a definite, individual rhythm.", essay 2 - On not wanting to live”
Emil Cioran (1911–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own. He experiences that other life in his own.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whoever has looked into the eyes of Jesus as he appears to us in his words knows that true happiness consists of service to this great One and his Spirit — and a life offered to his work. Those who accept this mode of life, who know how to live it, become brothers and sisters.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Someone sits in a mountain vale A robe of clouds, rainbows for tassels The fragrant forest is the place to live The road has been long and difficult With a heart full of doubt and regret A life has passed and nothing has been accomplished Others call it failure I stand alone devoted to this Cold Mountain life”
Hanshan (born 800) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can I live a life, daily life, without sense of self-concern?”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 4th Public Talk, Saanen, Switzerland (25 July 1971)
“Sir, my life, drab and insipid though it may seem to others, is the only life given me to live.”
Jack Vance (1916–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My life [is] a series of Hollywood orgies and Kabbalah center brunches with the cast of Friends. At least that's what my handlers tell me. I’m actually too valuable to live my own life and spend most of my days in a vegetable crisper to remain fake news anchor fresh.”
Jon Stewart (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is for dignity of being that we aspire through the expansion of our consciousness in a great reality of Man to which we belong. We realize it through admiration and love, through hope that soars beyond the actual, beyond our own span of life into an endless time wherein we live the life of all men.”
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battle-field than to live a life of defeat.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) said by 1902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live well in the houses—well enough. But we are ruled utterly by fear. There was a time we sailed in ships between the stars, and now we dare not go a hundred miles from home. We keep a little knowledge, and do nothing with it. But once we used that knowledge to weave the pattern of life like a tapestry across night and chaos. We enlarged the chances of life. We did man’s work.”
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have very little patience for people who whine and complain about life not being fair. It's just the risk of life. The only thing to do is live as much as you can and as best you can, and just sort of swing it from there.”
Katherine Heigl (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Piedmont died, I had to pay him back for my life. I found out there's another debt to pay — for the privilege of being alive. I thought Sophie was my reward for trying to live a good life. Uh uh. There is no payoff — not now.”
Bill Murray (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk. They are the models of excellence the rest of the world marvels about. Join this unique team of people known as the few who do versus the many who wish — result-oriented people who produce their life exactly as they desire it.”
Anthony Robbins (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily...”
Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have such difficulty understanding this renunciation today because the relationship to marriage and children has clearly shifted. To have to die without children was once synonymous with a useless life: The echoes of my own life die away, and I am completely dead. If I have children, then I continue to live in them; it's a sort of immortality through posterity. ...”
Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Peter Seewald
“Our Aryan culture, our Aryan way of life, and our very Aryan race are in danger. Nowhere on this planet is there an Aryan nation, an Aryan homeland: a piece of land where Aryans dwell in freedom and live according to their unique Aryan way of life. Nowhere on this planet is there a place where Aryan culture is upheld.”
David Myatt (born 1950) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution, 1997
“I won't change and my perspective won't change. I want to continue my life the way I live it, and I'm not going to let anything stop me from doing that. It isn't all about acting. There's a lot more to life than Hollywood.”
Elijah Wood (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wasting time is one of the worst faults of the world. Life is so short, every moment is so precious and yet, we live as if life will never end.”
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) first seen 1811 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Alan Walker, Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847 (1987) Page 117.
“Well, life was tough, but at least I was able to live it out and I was able to face death and not be afraid. Well, now I'm ready to go to Heaven and be with Jesus, and...hey? Hey, what's this? Oh, God it feels like a man's DICK IN MY ASS! Oh, GOD!!! I'M DEAD!!! Oh, you mean life keeps on fucking you even after you're dead? Oh, it never ends! OH! OHHH!!!”
Sam Kinison (1953–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No law can give freedom to a people which is dependent upon some power or authority outside themselves for the necessaries of life. The owners of the means of life can dictate the terms upon which all who are not owners are to be permitted to live.”
Keir Hardie (1856–1915) said by 1915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.”
Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The New York Times, April 19, 1992, "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction" by Richard B. Woodward
“Whether we live 10 years or 10,000 years, what matters most are the meaning of life and the quality of life.”
Newton Lee wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender.”
Ellen G. White (1827–1915) said by 1915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.”
Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Nawal El Tatawy
“I felt that night, on the stage, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming? (p. 145)”
Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel like you kind of have to live life to its fullest in order to be a good actor. Draw on experiences. The more experiences the better, and I really have had a lot of experiences in life, even at my young age.”
Paz de la Huerta (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life eats life to live.”
Dejan Stojanovic (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seneca, in advising retirement, had also warned of dangers. In a dialogue called “On Tranquility of Mind,” he wrote that idleness and isolation could bring to the fore all the consequences of having lived life in the wrong way, consequence that people usually avoided by keeping busy—that is, by continuing to live life in the wrong way.”
Sarah Bakewell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every human being experiences risks; some of the risks are common to all humans, and some are unique to the life each of us has been given to live. But I know for certain that risk – both it's shadow and its reality – has shaped my life inside and out.”
Ben Carson (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hold no dream of fortune vast, Nor seek undying fame. I do not ask when life is past That many know my name.I may not own the skill to rise To glory's topmost height, Nor win a place among the wise, But I can keep the right.And I can live my life on earth Contented to the end, If but a few shall know my worth And proudly call me friend.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The great thing about libertarianism is [that] it really is the American Dream—it is the ability of everybody to live their life, to build their life, according to what they want so long as you don't hurt anybody else.”
Glenn Jacobs (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source