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“You must not live as though your life were a preparation for a living. Preparation is an illusion. What you thought you were preparing for is what you are doing right now, which is preparing.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I got these questions always running through my head. So many things that I would like to understand. If we are born to die and we all die to live, then whats the point of living life if it just contradicts?”
Ronnie Radke (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life's for living, not for mourning ... Live in the present, not the past.”
Susan Howatch (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From the sky one cannot touch the heart of the stone petrified with a desire to live after living a life of softness for long, one cannot get to touch the tenderness of a flower smiling despite being battered in turn by heat and frost.”
Suman Pokhrel (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I think of Ramu. The Ramu I know and the Ramu I'm writing about have become indistinguishable. The same's true of the Bombay I'm recounting from experience and the Bombay I'm assembling through words. This is often how novels begin for me. There's a convergence. I live. Then something prompts me to write. The writing is not about life. It is a form of living. The two happen simultaneously.”
Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Open up the doors of heaven and let me in. I think I'm finally tired of living, let me in. I'm going to walk into glory, Tell everyone my story. So open up the doors of heaven and let me in.I've tried to live my life the righteous way. I tried to do my best from day to day. But no matter how hard I try, Seems all I do is cry. So open up the doors of heaven and let me in.”
Lucinda Williams (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was very young, and those events affected me deeply. I feel the time given to me doesn't belong only to me. In everything – my writing, my travelling, my happiness – I live partly on behalf of those who weren't able to survive. I feel I'm living their share of life.”
Kyung-sook Shin (born 1963) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being a survivor in “Kyung-Sook Shin: 'In my 20s I lived through an era of terrible political events and suspicious deaths'” in The Guardian (2014 Jun 7)
“I believe it’s something that happens when one is around art, and when one is close to books: they seep into your system, into your blood, and start to activate something in your life. We start living in the way that some of these characters live, with some sense of their sensibility. It’s almost as if the reader becomes the writer and the writer becomes the reader…”
Nilo Cruz (born 1960) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how a written work may speak to you in “Nilo Cruz by Emily Mann” in BOMB Magazine (2004 Jan 1)
“I am hopeful for black futures. And I say that because we live in a society that's so obsessed with black death. We have images of our death on the TV screen, on our Twitter timelines, on our Facebook timelines, but what if instead we imagine black life? We imagine black people living and thriving. And that -- that inspires me.”
Patrisse Cullors (born 1984) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
“You get good meals to eat, you wear beautiful jewellery, and yet you quarrel. You quarrel because you do not know how to live life; you do not know the art of living. This is what causes quarrels.”
Dada Bhagwan (1908–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Honesty. I think all religions involve an element of self-delusion, and that’s no way to live your life. And freedom: the great thing about living in a secular society is that people have the ability to pursue their own religious or non-religious beliefs in their own ways, but not to compel others to follow them.”
Natasha Walter (born 1967) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Natasha Walter on legacy, humanism, and the fight for a fairer world Humanists UK (March 10, 2025).
“My biggest fear is not living the life I am meant to live”
Butera Knowless (born 1990) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Butera Knowless promises BK Arena concert, shares life lessons in fan Q&AUmunota(March 23, 2026)
“The Pope chose to go to the periphery because that is where the sufferings the people live are to be found—real life. It is a sign of his concern for those living in Rome, a way of showing he is near.”
Daniele Libanori (born 1953) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pope celebrates Corpus Christi in Rome neighborhood (23 June 2019) Vatican News
“Living life as an artist is a practice. You can engage in the practice or not. It makes no sense to say you're not good at it. It's like saying, "I'm not good at being a monk." You either live as a monk or not. We tend to think of the artist's work as the output. The artist's real work is a way of being in the world.”
Rick Rubin (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are Indians. In Mangaluru, we have a 450-year history of living peacefully, respectfully, and not doing any harm to others as followers of Jesus Christ. We believe in the goodness in humans and we always give priority for humanity in our private and social life. At the same time, we believe in our Constitution. We live for our country.”
Peter Paul Saldanha (born 1964) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mangalore, 30 thousand at the gathering of the Church for 'loyalty to the Constitution and faith' (2020) Asia News
“My mama say education will give me a voice. I want more than just a voice, Ms. Tia. I want a louding voice,” I say. “I want to enter a room and people will hear me even before I open my mouth to be speaking. I want to live in this life and help many people so that when I grow old and die, I will still be living through the people I am helping.”
“Vietnamese children can learn to speak Vietnamese even though they're living in the U.S because at home the parents, their brothers and sisters, everybody at home speaks Vietnamese, likewise, Catholic family and Catholic community is very important, to have our young people to understand to profess and to live out the gospel message in our everyday life.”
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm (born 1952) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Homily of Bishop Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm | Confirmation Mass (17 September 2022) Archdiocese of Saigon
“Christian principles guide my personal values and daily decisions and actions, and I strive to live a life that reflects my commitment to God’s will. I am passionate about living out my Christian faith in practical ways, such as helping others and advocating for social justice and ethical practices.”
Elmarie Linde wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My life isn’t all peaches and cream; I have failed many times but I have also won many times. You do not give up; you keep pushing. I have a dream and I am living it every single day. Live your truth and be kind to yourself. Most importantly support other women.”
Caroline Esinam Adzogble first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meet Caroline Esinam Adzogble,July 10, 2020,by My Story Magazine
“Life is about living through all experiences and coming out refined, refreshed and rewarded with beautiful memories 4 eva. Live”
Lesego Motsepe (1974–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that life is for living, don’t live with regret.”
Dorothy Kisaka (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you are a star in America you can feel that you are a star. To be a star you must have money. In the States they pay actors a lot of money to portray certain characters. They (understand) that the character has to live inside of you (spiritually) and it changes your life forever. So they give you millions. In SA, you are just an actor trying to sustain a living.”
Dumisani Dlamini (born 1963) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dumisani Dlamini: Sarafina! doesn’t get the respect it deserves in SA, TimesLIVE,Abigail Javier(October 24,2017).
“Trust Women” doesn’t mean that every woman is wise or good or has magical intuitive powers. It means that no one else can make a better decision, because no one else is living her life, and since she will have to live with that decision, not you, and not the state legislature or the Supreme Court, chances are she is doing her best in a tight spot.”
Katha Pollitt (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The World and Life are one. Physiological life is of course not "Life". And neither is psychological life. Life is the world. Ethics does not treat of the world. Ethics must be a condition of the world, like logic. Ethics and Aesthetics are one.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Journal entry (24 July 1916), p. 77e
“It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be.”
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Return from the Excursion, Riders on Earth (1978)
“Red has been praised for its nobility as the colour of life. But the true colour of life is not red. Red is the colour of violence, or of life broken open, edited, and published. Or if red is indeed the colour of life, it is so only on condition that it is not seen. Once fully visible, red is the colour of life violated, and in the act of betrayal and of waste.”
Alice Meynell (1847–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”
Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The purpose of life is to struggle as hard as you can for what you believe in and enjoy the struggle. I'm a Dionysian. I believe life is struggle. Even to stand up is a struggle against gravity. I think that the joy of life is in the struggle itself. You've got to find fun in the fight to live.”
George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview on September 28, 1963, with Ralph Ginzburg, published February 1964, "The Man Who Thinks Goldwater Is a Communist". Fact. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 45
“I think from my experience in war and life and science, it all has made me believe that we have one life on this planet. We have one chance to live it and to contribute to the future of society and the future of life. The only "afterlife" is what other people remember of you.”
Craig Venter (1946–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This life we live nowadays! It's not life, it's stagnation, death-in-life. Look at all these bloody houses, and the meaningless people inside them! Sometimes I think we're all corpses. Just rotting upright.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in A Living Architecture : Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Architects (2000) by John Rattenbury
“I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life but that great consciousness of life.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Journal entry (November 1951) as published in the Kerouac ROMnibus
“Purpose of Life: The purpose of life is to live the life joyously, mindfully, peacefully and wisely.”
Thích Nhật Từ (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without apoptosis, life would not be possible. ...when cells lose their ability to die, they run rampant, assuming that life-threatening form we call cancer. ...The process of apoptosis by which life and development are governed is profoundly communal. ...Cells ...need to be "encouraged" to live.”
Theodore Roszak (scholar) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was an atheist most of my life and now I am a God-fearing Catholic, because of the miracle of life. And I'm pro-life. Amongst my peers abortion is cool, it's like, empowering, and they make jokes about it. Some of my best friends go, "I accept that it's murder and I am pro-choice." That's the world I live in.”
Gavin McInnes (born 1970) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Godfather of Hipsterdom’ Gavin McInnes: Feminism makes women miserable (October 13, 2013)
“We are missing stories of women who are literally keeping life going in the midst of wars. Do you know -- do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life going? And the ones who are keeping that life are women.”
Zainab Salbi (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...I was born and raised in Spanish Harlem and lived in New York most of my adult life. My life, my music and career started here. The fact that I no longer live in New York doesn’t mean I don’t consider this amazing city my home. I walked and lived in these streets for most of my life...”
Marc Anthony (born 1968) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On loving his hometown of New York City despite moving his musical operations elsewhere in "Concert Spotlight: Interview With Marc Anthony" in New York City Monthly (2016 Jul 29)
“A civilization of life is one that embraces life, caring for families, supporting children and the elderly. A civilization of death authorizes the killing of unborn human beings, condones the killing of the elderly and encourages people to live only in their own interest. A culture of life is the one with eternal and timeless values.”
Don Feder (born 1946) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Is Formal Marriage Out of Fashion? Interview with Communications Director of the World Congress of Families Don Feder (November 15, 2014)
“if you keep stressing about life, it becomes even harder. But if you stay positive, keep smiling, and choose to live with joy, that shows on the outside too. There’s really no magic secret. It’s about being kind, staying humble, and enjoying life with others without thinking of yourself as above anyone else. Life is short, and none of us know what tomorrow will bring.”
Kate Bashabe (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe we are all here for a purpose, some people will go through life never knowing what their purpose is, while some will. When you are able to identify what your purpose is, it is then you get to enjoy life and live life properly......”
Modupe Ozolua (born 1973) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her philosophy of Life (7 March 2015)
“So many people choose to take pain as a way of life; there’s people who live a painful life in order to punish other people who they don’t want to be happy. To me it’s really about the choices you make in your life.”
Marina Abramović (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To live life to the full - this is what every young person seeks. To explore life, to experience and enjoy all that it has to offer. Unfortunately in their eager search for joy, they often knock at the wrong doors and end up losing life itself.”
Patricio Abella Buzon (born 1950) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Synod, Msgr. Buzon, SDB to the youngsters: “What is your deepest desire?” (17 October 2018) Agenzia iNfo Salesiana
“My thesis in life is if you’re fearful, you will never get anywhere so I take life by the horns. Life is exciting and its short so live it wildly”
Jo-Anne Reyneke (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I only meant that aalis po ako ng Pilipinas kasi gusto ko ng tahimik na buhay (I'm leaving the Philippines because I want a quiet life). It was not a comment to insult my father because I trust in his judgement and all the good he is doing for this country. But I think it is also my right to know what kind of life I want to live. And that is a quiet peaceful life. Yun Ing po (That's all).”
Kylie Padilla (born 1993) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Kylie Padilla clarifies first statement on father Robin Padilla running for VP in PH Elections 2028." ABS-CBN. 25 February 2026
“Life has been good to me. Matanda na 'ko, malabo na ang mga mata ko, hindi na ako masyadong makarinig. Pero hanggang ngayon, nandito pa rin ako. Ayokong iwanan ang buhay dahil masarap mabuhay. (Life has been good to me. I am old now, my eyesight is blurry, and I can no longer hear very well. But until now, I am still here. I do not want to leave this life because it is wonderful to live.)”
Anita Linda (1924–2020) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remembering Anita Linda and her "hindi na mabilang" film and TV credits, awards'. PEP.ph. 10 June 2020
“YOU ARE WHAT you believe you are. You live, enjoy life and suffer according to that belief. What you believe, you live; or you do not believe it.”
Barry Long (1926–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life is, without a doubt, complex and confusing. My faith is my sanity. There are people who choose to live on the surface of things. I have yet to find the surface. And with all the beauty in the underneath, I am not certain I want to live on the surface should I find it. I stopped looking a long time ago.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Die before the one whom you love; to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world.”
Guru Angad Dev (1504–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life becomes the way it is lived; and man may live the way he wants to live when he learns to think what he wants to think.”
Christian D. Larson (1874–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source