Sayings about Life
The following statements make up our collection of life sayings and quotations. Our goal is to pass the wisdom of these quotes so that you don’t have to re-learn the many life lessons that were disovered by the individuals quoted here.
“Life is simple, its just not easy.”
– Author Unknown
It’s so easy for us to overcomplicate life, but in reality, we all know that life is not nearly as difficult as we make it. Life is not easy, but it’s also not complicated.
“In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular.” — Kathy Norris
Living is the most difficult experience imaginable. We love, we lose, we laugh, we cry, and we try our best and still meet failures. It’s still popular because in all its craziness, it still holds immense value.
“Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.”
– Marion Howard
This is a wonderful quote about how life is only as difficult as we make it. Solutions are as simple as tucking our legs up and falling asleep, but if we adopt negative attitudes life becomes much more difficult and depressing.
“Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.” — Lillian Dickson
It’s important that we spend our lives in the way that we would love the most. We only get one life, so we had better do the best with it that we can.
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”
– Jim Carrey
It’s easy to believe that obtaining fame and fortune will make us happy, but it’s important that we understand the value in life is in people and experiences. Instead of focusing on being popular, we should focus on being the best person we can be and solving our problems as best we can.
“To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach.” — Havelock Ellis
The only way to learn how to live is to simply live. Our experiences are what shape our understanding of life, if we don’t have them, than we won’t know how to live.
“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine
We need to learn to take pride in our accomplishments. Our life is meaningful when we solve problems, that is what gives us purpose and personal pride.
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” — Anais Nin
Life is not stagnant. We must learn to embrace the changes we will go through and realize that life is change.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
It’s easy to go through our lives without taking the time to appreciate the small things. If we take the time to look around and experience the beauty and amazement that is all around us, we will be opened up to a whole new way of living.
“Our life is what our thoughts make it.” — Marcus Aurelius
The way we think about life shapes the way we understand it. This is an important lesson. Those who think positively, feel positively about their life.
“The best use of life is to invest it in something which will out last life.” — William James
It’s important to leave something behind after we’re gone. This doesn’t mean that we all have to be rich and famous. We can leave an imprint on the world by being kind to the people around us and by being remembered fondly.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
We can be whoever we want to be. It’s easy to think that someday we’ll find out who we are, but the truth is, we shape our own personalities. It’s important that we choose to be the best person that we can be.
“A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one’s own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.” — Chin Ning Chu
The dreams of others can look desirable, but it’s important that we look within ourselves to determine what is truly valuable. We need to spend our lives following the dreams that our truly ours and not the dreams that other people tell us our valid.
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
No matter how long or short our lives are, the most important thing is that we live them to the fullest.
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” — Agatha Christie
Sometimes in challenging times, we forget the value of living. In order to be strong we need to be able to look at the world and be glad that we live in it. This is true even when the only thing to be glad about is that we’re simply alive.
“People living deeply have no fear of death.”
– Anais Nin
Those who are afraid of death are those who haven’t lived their life to the fullest. It’s important that we live in such a way that we are prepared for death at any point. This can only be achieved by being proud of who we are and what we’ve accomplished.
“There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” — Carl Jung
In order to truly understand what it means to be happy, we have to experience what it means to be sad. Instead of dwelling on the bad times, we all need to remember that bad times will inevitably make the good times even better.
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.” –Henry Van Dyke
Sometimes the only thing we have in life is just life itself. It’s important to love the act of living and everything it encompasses.
“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy and a tragedy.” — Mark Twain
It’s easy to feel that our lives are uninteresting, but every person has a story. This is equally applicable to those we come in contact with throughout our lives. We must never consider another person to be boring, because every life is valuable and intriguing.
This post was originally published in 2009 on the now-defunct website, Funny Quotes about Life.
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