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“I suppose the main thing about me is that I don't feel or see any disjunction between life and land or between living and landscape; I don't make those separations at all. I imagine that I'm like that because I grew up in deep rural Jamaica and I was conscious from earliest childhood about the power of plants.”
Olive Senior (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fake life is boring! I call it living in bondage.”
Zubby Michael (born 1985) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tuface taught me humility – Zubby Michael, actor 2016, THE SUN ( Nigeria).
“God is the creative, living, and life-giving Thought.”
John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More than 20 individuals who were once living on the streets are now in real homes, and that shift has improved life for the entire community.”
Elizabeth Fagan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our people are living with the daily trauma of displacement. Farmers have abandoned their fields, food production has collapsed, and economic life has been crippled. The impact is visible in rising food prices and growing insecurity,”
Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Twenty, sixty, a hundred years... life. What good is it if we go in the wrong direction? What matters is encountering Christ, living like him, proclaiming his saving Love. Bringing hope and not forgetting that all of us, each in our own place, even at personal cost, are builders of a new world.”
Pino Puglisi (1937–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the term dying, living also remains “alive”; in the word death, life disappears.”
Eugenio Borgna (1930–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tolkien had this Britisher's sort of attitude that religion is something you do in church, and... It doesn't really do that much to your daily life... Whereas I’d been living and working in societies where religion is just permeating the atmosphere... Even the simple villagers are behaving in ways that they consider related directly to religion, rather than secular politics or something like this.”
M. A. R. Barker (1929–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Joseph Laycock's Dangerous Games, quoted in Inloes (2018)
“We must recognize the interconnectedness of all living things if we are to truly understand life.”
Joshua Lederberg (1925–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the biggest mistakes of humanity is to foolishly think we are these physical bodies and life ends when this physical body deteriorates. The truth is that we are spirit. Living now gives us the opportunity to ‘hone’ our spirit so that it is more aligned with higher forces of truth and light.”
Gina Lopez (1953–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t let fear drive the way you go about living your life. To be honest, you have nothing to lose.”
Nefisa Mkhabela (born 2001) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you can’t imagine yourself in one of those boats, you have something missing. They are dying for a life worth living.”
Noma Dumezweni (born 1969) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harry Potter’s Noma Dumezweni delivers spellbinding speech: “I am a refugee child” Stylist (retrieved 13 November 2025)
“Living your best life doesn't mean splashing out, yes we all love nice things but there is more than the price tag”
Nomalungelo Stofile first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nomalungelo Stofile on living her best life: "It's more than just the price 18 February, 2020
“I believe in living a life that’s free of the fear of judgement, the fear of criticism and the fear of not being enough. And when fear does creep in, I confront it and fight back against it.”
Janine van Wyk (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Regarding her retirement: "My main focus is to enjoy my life. I'm living in the most beautiful area by the sea.”
Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Stuff's "Returning to my Roots: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's Te Reo Māori Journey," Te Ao - Māori News, 2022. Stuff. Published 18 January 2022.
“Living in Boracay is less stressful, You can focus on the more important things in life [like] family and relationships.”
Miriam Quiambao (born 1975) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . “People take you as you are': Former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao enjoys simple life in Boracay”. ABS-CBN News, 23 March 2026.
“If you are a soul-dier who is currently living a life of service and you are reading this—THANK YOU. We see you, we appreciate you and we honor you. God bless you.”
Maxene Magalona (born 1986) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ABS-CBN. 17 July 2025
“I don’t want let pain stop me from living my life the way I want to.”
Maxene Magalona (born 1986) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Maxene Magalona recounts the moment she decided to end marriage", PEP.ph. 03 December 2022.
“To 4-year-old Hope, who's in the midst of a painful, upside-down world, just trying to stay a child, thank you. Thank you for staying determined and strong, for choosing to keep pushing ahead, to build a beautiful life worth living.”
Lisa Soberano (born 1998) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Liza Soberano answers bashers discrediting her trauma story". PEP.ph, 18 August 2025.
“It was only in the last few years that I slowly started coming to terms with my body and not letting what other people say about it stop me from living my best life. We are all worthy of hitting the beach no matter our size or shape. Remember that.”
Iza Calzado (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My family is very conservative. We are provincials, living a simple life.”
Janelle Tee first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Janelle Tee family on her daring scenes in movies, by Jojo Gabinete 24 May 2022.
“Health and wellness begin with your mindset. Living a healthy life starts with a healthy mindset.”
Ivan Edwards first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True Health Begins With the Mind, TopDoctor Magazine, June 6, 2021.
“Life with you hasn’t been perfect, but it’s real, and it’s ours. God brought us together for a reason, and I’m committed to living out His purpose by your side. Through every high and low, His grace has carried us, and His love continues to guide us. Let’s continue to be a blessing to each other, honor God in our marriage, and keep Him at the center of everything we do.”
Valerie Concepcion (born 1987) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Valerie Concepcion and husband Francis Sunga renew vows, celebrate 5th wedding anniversary, By GMA Integrated News 28 December 2024.
“We have grown accustomed to living with that knowledge without feeling dizzy every morning, and instead of moving around warily and tentatively, in constant amazement, we behave as if nothing has happened, take the strangeness of it all for granted and get dizzy if life shows itself as it truly is: improbable, unpredictable, remarkable.”
Solvej Balle (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I got everything I wanted out of life, now everything that contradicted me or my way of thinking, for example my family, has disappeared: I have been living alone for years.”
Manlio Sgalambro (1924–2014) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview with ‘'Freetime’' on January 13, 2014. As quoted in Concetta Bonini, “Manlio Sgalambro, the last interview”, in “Panorama,” March 6, 2014.
“Good health is fundamental to living a fruitful life, and although I don't contribute to people's health as a doctor, a nurse or a clinical personnel, I contribute with technology-based solutions.”
Temiloluwa Prioleau wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not believe that we can stop perfecting new ways of dying until we have found new ways of living. Every new life-way ought to prevent a new death-way.”
Haniel Long (1888–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living: a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.”
Laurens van der Post (1906–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Longing while living for laurel and bays, Under this willow a poor poet 'lays'; With little to censure, and less to praise, He wrote twelve dozen and three score plays: He finish'd his 'Life', and he went his ways.”
Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841) said by 1841 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epitaph for himself, written in the Ad Libitum Club. DNB, vol. 15 (1888) p. 11
“Destroying a living creature is a double crime: both life and beauty are extinguished at the same time. (p. 173)”
Michela Vittoria Brambilla (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About Giordano Bruno) He argued that there were infinite worlds, that the Solar System was just one example of a system in which life could exist, and that throughout the universe there were infinite other such systems, in which there were probably infinite other beings, living species, that possessed intelligence. Naturally, this gave rise to major theological problems.”
Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If logic and mathematics were to replace religion and astrology in schools and on television, the world would gradually become a more sensible place, and life more worth living. Therefore, let each of us make our own contribution, big or small, to make this happen, for the greater glory of the human spirit. (La logica come igiene mentale, Logica)”
Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the most common trauma of women remains confined to the sphere of private life, without formal recognition or restitution from the community. There is no public monument for rape survivors...In refusing to hide or be silenced, in insisting that rape is a public matter, and in demanding social change, survivors create their own living monument. (Chapter 3: Disconnection)”
Judith Lewis Herman (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most people are so busy making a living that they forget to design a life.”
John R. Miles first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Passion Struck (2023)
“Stop living in the passenger seat of your own life and get behind the wheel.”
John R. Miles wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason "closure" is a cliché is that it is used too often, too imprecisely, and doesn't in any case reflect reality. In reality, such closure in broken friendships, and much else in life, is rarely achieved; only death brings closure, and then not always for those still living.”
Joseph Epstein (writer) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Friendship: An Exposé (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2006), pp. 211-212
“Belief that life is worth living and that belief will create the fact.”
“The only means by which one could attain complete happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of it. It's the expectation that causes our unhappiness and consequent bitterness about life.”
Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m in Nigeria for two reasons: my passion for justice and my desire to be close to my family. If I leave Nigeria, I’ll have to change my life goals and career path. I believe in making impact and living for a worthy cause.”
Inibehe Effiong (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, I believe there is God and also, I believe in helping out others who are in need of help in the little way I can. I believe in being successful in whatever I do, being able to differentiate good from bad and being happy and living life to the fullest.”
Tinuade Babalola wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything that you see in real life is conjured up from a dream or an idea, hence my theory that we are all kind of living in different peoples’ dreams.”
Abba Makama first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Abba T. Makama, Senses of Cinema, 2019.
“Living in the now, we all have dreams and aspirations and the minute you're able to afford what you really want in life, you tend to go after it”
Daine Klate (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For example, rugby players are living a good life even after retiring, because they are not robbed.”
Bennett Chenene (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have to uphold it as best as I could. It’s not even about pressure, because I’m living life and making music on my terms.”
“People just love me, I make people think, I make people talk, I make people stand and stare. I won’t change the brand, I love it, it’s me telling other women it’s your body, you can do whatever you want. I will continue living my life, I do have a good heart.”
Zodwa Wabantu (born 1985) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zodwa Wabantu: ‘People just love me, I make people think, I make people talk’ (10 July 2020)
“That was the first time in my career that I played a character that changed me, Carlacia, as a person. Doing the research in preparing for Irene and learning on a much deeper level about my people, I felt a responsibility and sense of pride in knowing I come from such resilience. It’s given my life greater meaning knowing I stand on their shoulders. Now I’m living my ancestor’s wildest dreams.”
Carlacia Grant (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, my mom is my biggest fan. She’s down for the cause all the time. She’s been living through everything with me from the beginning. All of the ups and downs we’ve had as a family have really strengthened our bond. Everyone’s just really proud of me. I would say that I have a lot of ambition and am very driven to make something of my life, and my family is very supportive of that.”
Ashley Darby (born 1988) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Exclusive Interview! Ashley Darby Dishes About Reality TV, RHOP Castmates, and Why She’s Not Obsessed With Etiquette!;By ERIN MARTIN on February 19, 2016
“You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.”
Winston Churchill (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
Joseph Addison (misattributed) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The earliest attributions of this remark to anyone are in 1941, to Mortimer Adler, in How To Read A Book (1940), although this actually a paraphrased shortening of a statement in his preface: Reading — as explained (and…
“Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.”
Jack Kerouac (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source