Quotes Life

life n.
1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
b : a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings -- compare VITALISM
c : an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
2 a : the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual
b : one or more aspects of the process of living
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
"Within each life lies the causes of whatever enters it." -F. W. Sears, How to attract success, 1914
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life" -Seneca
"Be aware of wonder: Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday some." -Robert Fulghum
"No man is a failure who is enjoying life." -William Feather
"Do not take life too seriously.
You will never get out of it alive." -Elbert Hubbard
"While there's life, there's hope." -Terence
"What a wonderful life I've had!
I only wish I'd realized it sooner." -Colette
"We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth." -Norman Cousins
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." -Helen Keller
"Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments." -Rose Kennedy
"Life means to have something definite to do - a mission to fulfill - and in the measure in which we avoid setting our life to something, we make it empty. Human life, by its very nature, has to be dedicated to something." -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
"Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life." -Grenville Kleiser
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
-Sai Baba
"One should sympathize with the joy, the beauty, the color of life - the less said about life's sores the better." -Oscar Wilde
"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life." -Ann Landers
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